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NIrV The Illustrated Holy Bible for Kids
Mark 1 – 2
Jesus sent him away at once. He gave the man a ­strong warn­ing. “­Don’t tell this to any­one,” he
said. “Go and show your­self to the ­priest. Of­fer the sac­ri­fic­es that Mo­ses com­mand­ed. It will be a
wit­ness to the p
­ riest and the peo­ple that you are ‘­clean.’ ” But the man went out and start­ed talk­
ing r ­ ight away. He ­spread the news to ev­ery­one. So ­Jesus ­could no lon­ger en­ter a town open­ly. He
stayed out­side in lone­ly plac­es. But peo­ple ­still came to him from ev­ery­where.
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Man Who Could Not Walk
A
MARK 2:1–12
few days lat­er, ­Jesus en­tered Ca­per­na­um ­again. The peo­ple h
­ eard that he had come
home. So many peo­ple gath­ered that ­there was no room left. ­There was not even room
out­side the door. And ­Jesus ­preached the word to them. Four of ­those who came were
car­ry­ing a man who ­could not walk. But they ­could not get him ­close to ­Jesus be­cause of the
crowd. So they made a hole by dig­ging t ­ hrough the roof ­above ­Jesus. Then they low­ered the man
through it on a mat. ­Jesus saw ­their ­faith. So he said to the man, “Son, your sins are for­giv­en.”
Some teach­ers of the law were sit­ting t ­ here. They were think­ing, “Why is this fel­low talk­ing
like that? He’s say­ing a very evil ­thing! Only God can for­give sins!”
Right away ­Jesus knew what they were think­ing. So he said to them, “Why are you think­ing
these t ­ hings? Is it eas­i­er to say to this man, ‘Your sins are for­giv­en’? Or to say, ‘Get up, take your
­ arth to for­give
mat and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has au­thor­i­ty on e
sins.” So ­Jesus ­spoke to the man who ­could not walk. “I tell you,” he said, “get up. Take your mat
and go home.” The man got up and took his mat. Then he ­walked away ­while ev­ery­one ­watched.
All the peo­ple were ­amazed. They ­praised God and said, “We have nev­er seen any­thing like this!”
Jesus Chooses Levi and Eats With Sinners
O
MARK 2:13–17
nce ­again ­Jesus went out be­side the Sea of Gal­i­lee. A ­large ­crowd came to him. He be­gan
to t ­ each them. As he ­walked a
­ long he saw Levi, the son of Al­phae­us. Levi was sit­ting at the
tax col­lec­tor’s ­booth. “Fol­low me,” ­Jesus told him. Levi got up and fol­lowed him.
Lat­er ­Jesus was hav­ing din­ner at Le­vi’s h
­ ouse. Many tax col­lec­tors and sin­ners were eat­ing
with him and his dis­ci­ples. They were part of the l ­ arge c ­ rowd fol­low­ing ­Jesus. Some teach­ers of
the law who were Phar­i­sees were t ­ here. They saw ­Jesus eat­ing with sin­ners and tax col­lec­tors. So
they ­asked his dis­ci­ples, “Why does he eat with tax col­lec­tors and sin­ners?”
Jesus h
­ eard that. So he said to them, “­Those who are h
­ ealthy d
­ on’t need a doc­tor. Sick peo­ple
do. I have not come to get t ­ hose who t ­ hink they are r ­ ight with God to fol­low me. I have come to
get sin­ners to fol­low me.”
Jesus Is Asked About Fasting
J
MARK 2:18–22
ohn’s dis­ci­ples and the Phar­i­sees were go­ing with­out eat­ing. Some peo­ple came to ­Jesus.
They said to him, “­John’s dis­ci­ples are fast­ing. The dis­ci­ples of the Phar­i­sees are also fast­
ing. But your dis­ci­ples are not. Why ­aren’t they?”
Jesus an­swered, “How can the g
­ uests of the g
­ room go with­out eat­ing ­while he is with them?
They will not fast as long as he is with them. But the time will come when the g
­ room will be
tak­en away from them. On that day they will go with­out eat­ing.
“No one sews a ­patch of new ­cloth on old ­clothes. Oth­er­wise, the new p
­ iece will pull away from
the old. That will make the tear ­worse. No one ­pours new wine into old wine­skins. Oth­er­wise,
­ urst the s ­ kins. Then the wine and the wine­skins will both be de­stroyed. No, peo­ple
the wine will b
pour new wine into new wine­skins.”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Day
O
MARK 2:23–28
ne Sab­bath day ­Jesus was walk­ing with his dis­ci­ples t ­ hrough the grain­fields. The dis­ci­ples
be­gan to b
­ reak off some h
­ eads of g
­ rain. The Phar­i­sees said to ­Jesus, “Look! It is a
­ gainst
the Law to do this on the Sab­bath day. Why are your dis­ci­ples do­ing it?”
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