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moth er-in-law was in bed with a fe ver,
and they im me di ate ly told Jesus about
her. 31 So he went to her, took her hand
and helped her up. The fe ver left her and
she be gan to wait on them.
32 That eve ning af ter sun set the peo ple
brought to Jesus all the sick and de monpossessed.
33 The whole town gath ered at
the door, 34 and Jesus healed many who
had var i ous dis eas es. He also drove out
many de mons, but he would not let the
de mons speak be cause they knew who
he was.
JESUS PRAYS IN A SOLITARY PLACE
35 Very ear ly in the morn ing, while it
was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house
and went off to a sol i tary place, where
he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions
went to look for him, 37 and when they
found him, they 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 Galilee,
preaching in their synagogues and
driving out demons.
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 indignant.
b
He reached out
his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,”
he said. “Be clean!” 42 Immediately
the lep ro sy left him and he was cleansed.
43 Jesus sent him away at once with a
strong warning: 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 Moses
com mand ed for your cleans ing, as a
testimony 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 everywhere.
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 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 because
of the crowd, they made an opening
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.”
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MARK 2:4
The paralytic man had the best friends in the
world. They tried everything to get him to
Jesus. They went so far that they broke up
the tiles and stones on a roof and dug a hole
through it. “Excuse us, coming through!”
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 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit
that this was what they were think ing in
their hearts, and he said to them, “Why
are you thinking 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 anything
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 skin.
b
41 Many manuscripts Jesus was
filled with compassion