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Mark 1–2
36 Si mon
and his com pan ions went to look
when they found him, they
for him,
ex claimed: “Ev ery one is look ing for you!”
38 Jesus re plied, “Let us go some where
else — to the near by vil lag es — so I can
preach there also. That is why I have
come.” 39 So he trav eled through out Gal
i lee, preach ing in their syn a gogues and
driv ing out de mons.
37 and
Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
40 A
man with lep ro sy a came to him and
begged him on his knees, “If you are will
ing, you can make me clean.”
41 Jesus was in dig nant. b He reached out
his hand and touched the man. “I am will
ing,” he said. “Be clean!” 42 Im me di ate ly the
lep ro sy left him and he was cleansed.
43 Jesus sent him away at once with a
strong warn ing: 44 “See that you don’t tell
this to any one. But go, show your self to the
priest and of fer the sac ri fic es that Mo ses
com mand ed for your cleans ing, as a tes ti
mo ny to them.” 45 In stead he went out and
be gan to talk free ly, spread ing the news.
As a re sult, Jesus could no lon ger en ter
a town open ly but stayed out side in lone
ly plac es. Yet the peo ple still came to him
from ev ery where.
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
2
A few days lat er, when Jesus again en
tered Ca per na um, the peo ple heard
that he had come home. 2 They gath ered
in such large num bers that there was no
room left, not even out side the door, and
House Roofs
he preached the word to them. 3 Some men
came, bring ing to him a par a lyzed man,
car ried by four of them. 4 Since they could
not get him to Jesus be cause of the crowd,
they made an open ing in the roof above
Jesus by dig ging through it and then low
ered the mat the man was ly ing on. 5 When
Jesus saw their faith, he said to the par a
lyzed man, “Son, your sins are for giv en.”
6 Now some teach ers of the law were sit
ting there, think ing to them selves, 7 “Why
does this fel low talk like that? He’s blas
phem ing! Who can for give sins but God
alone?”
8 Im me di ate ly Jesus knew in his spir it
that this was what they were think ing in
their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are
you think ing these things? 9 Which is eas i
er: to say to this par a lyzed man, ‘Your sins
are for giv en,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your
mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know
that the Son of Man has au thor i ty on earth
to for give sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I
tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in
full view of them all. This amazed ev ery one
and they praised God, say ing, “We have
nev er seen any thing like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
13 Once
again Jesus went out be side the
lake. A large crowd came to him, and he
a 40 The Greek word traditionally translated
leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the
b 41 Many manuscripts Jesus was filled with
skin.
compassion
House roofs in New Testament times
were made by laying branches over
roof beams. Mud was packed over the
branches. The friends who carried a
paralyzed man to Jesus dug through
the mud roof of a house and lowered
the sick man into the room where
Jesus was teaching.