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Mark 2–3
be­gan to ­teach them. 14  As he ­walked ­a long,
he saw Levi son of Al­phae­us sit­t ing at the
tax col­lec­t or’s ­booth. “Fol ­low me,” ­Jesus
told him, and Levi got up and fol­lowed him.
15  While J
­ esus was hav­ing din­ner at Le­
vi’s h
­ ouse, many tax col­lec­tors and sin­ners
were eat­ing with him and his dis­c i­ples,
for ­there were many who fol­lowed him.
16  When the teach­ers of the law who were
Phar­i­sees saw him eat­ing with the sin­ners
and tax col­lec­tors, they ­asked his dis­ci­ples:
“Why does he eat with tax col­lec­tors and
sin­ners?”
17  On hear­i ng this, ­Jesus said to them, “It
is not the h
­ ealthy who need a doc­tor, but
the sick. I have not come to call the righ­
teous, but sin­ners.”
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was made for man, not man for the Sab­
bath. 28  So the Son of Man is Lord even of
the Sab­bath.”
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
3
An­oth­er time ­Jesus went into the syn­
a­gogue, and a man with a shriv­eled
hand was ­t here. 2  Some of them were look­
ing for a rea­son to ac­c use J ­ esus, so they
watched him close­ly to see if he ­would heal
him on the Sab­bath. 3  Jesus said to the man
with the shriv­eled hand, “Stand up in ­f ront
of ev­ery­one.”
4  Then ­Jesus a
­ sked them, “Which is law­
ful on the Sab­bath: to do good or to do evil,
to save life or to kill?” But they re­mained
si­lent.
5  He ­looked ­a round at them in an­ger and,
Jesus Questioned About Fasting
deep­ly dis­t ressed at ­t heir stub­born ­hearts,
18  Now ­John’s dis­ci­ples and the Phar­i­sees said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”
were fast­ing. Some peo­ple came and ­asked He ­stretched it out, and his hand was com­
Jesus, “How is it that J ­ ohn’s dis­ci­ples and plete­ly re­stored. 6  Then the Phar­i­sees went
the dis­ci­ples of the Phar­i­sees are fast­ing, out and be­gan to plot with the He­ro­d i­a ns
how they m
­ ight kill ­Jesus.
but y ­ ours are not?”
19  Jesus an­s wered, “How can the ­g uests
of the bride­g room fast ­while he is with Crowds Follow Jesus
7  Jesus with­
them? They can­not, so long as they have
d rew with his dis­c i­ples to
him with them. 20  But the time will come the lake, and a l ­ arge c ­ rowd from Gal­i­lee
when the bride­g room will be tak­en from fol ­lowed. 8  When they ­heard a ­ bout all he
them, and on that day they will fast.
was do­ing, many peo­ple came to him from
21  “No one sews a ­
p atch of un­shrunk Ju­dea, Je­r u­sa­lem, Id­u­mea, and the re­g ions
cloth on an old gar­ment. Other­w ise, the ­across the Jor­dan and ­a round Tyre and Si­
new ­piece will pull away from the old, mak­ don. 9  Be­cause of the c ­ rowd he told his dis­
ing the tear ­worse. 22  And no one pours ci­ples to have a ­small boat ­ready for him, to
new wine into old wine­skins. Other­w ise, keep the peo­ple from crowd­ing him. 10  For
­ ealed many, so that t ­ hose with dis­
the wine will ­burst the ­skins, and both the he had h
wine and the wine­skins will be ru­ined. No, eas­es were push­ing for­ward to ­touch him.
11  When­
ev­er the im­pure spir­its saw him,
they pour new wine into new wine­skins.”
they fell down be­fore him and ­c ried out,
“You are the Son of God.” 12  But he gave
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23  One Sab­bath ­Jesus was go­i ng ­t hrough them ­strict or­ders not to tell oth­ers ­about
the grain­f ields, and as his dis­ci­ples w
­ alked him.
a long, they be­gan to pick some ­heads of
g rain. 24  The Phar­i­sees said to him, “Look, Jesus Appoints the Twelve
13  Jesus went up on a moun­t ain­s ide and
why are they do­ing what is un­law­f ul on the
c alled to him ­those he want­ed, and they
Sab­bath?”
25  He an­
swered, “Have you nev­er read came to him. 14  He ap­point­ed ­t welve  a that
what Da­v id did when he and his com­pan­ they ­m ight be with him and that he ­m ight
ions were hun­g ry and in need? 26  In the send them out to ­preach 15  and to have au­
days of Abi­a­thar the high ­priest, he en­tered thor ­i­t y to ­d rive out de­mons. 16  These are
the ­house of God and ate the con­se­crat­ed the t ­ welve he ap­point­ed: Si­mon (to whom
bread, ­which is law­f ul only for ­priests to eat. he gave the name Pe­ter), 17  James son of
And he also gave some to his com­pan­ions.” a  14  Some manuscripts twelve — ​designating them
27  Then he said to them, “The Sab­bath apostles — ​