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be gan to teach them. 14 As he walked
along, he saw Levi son of Al phae us sitting
at the tax col lec tor’s booth. “Fol low
me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and
followed him.
15 While Jesus was hav ing din ner at Levi’s
house, many tax col lec tors and sinners
were eat ing with him and his dis ciples,
for there were many who fol lowed
him. 16 When the teach ers of the law who
were Phar i sees saw him eat ing with the
sin ners and tax col lec tors, they asked his
dis ci ples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors
and sinners?”
17 On hear ing this, Jesus said to them,
“It is not the healthy who need a doc tor,
but the sick. I have not come to call the
righteous, but sinners.”
JESUS QUESTIONED ABOUT FASTING
18 Now John’s dis ci ples and the Phar i-
sees were fast ing. Some peo ple came and
asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s dis ciples
and the dis ci ples of the Phar i sees are
fast ing, but yours are not?”
19 Jesus an swered, “How can the guests
of the bride groom fast while he is with
them? They can not, so long as they have
him with them. 20 But the time will come
when the bride groom will be tak en from
them, and on that day they will fast.
21 “No one sews a patch of un shrunk
cloth on an old gar ment. Other wise,
the new piece will pull away from the
old, mak ing the tear worse. 22 And no
one pours new wine into old wine skins.
Other wise, the wine will burst the skins,
and both the wine and the wine skins will
be ru ined. No, they pour new wine into
new wineskins.”
JESUS IS LORD OF THE SABBATH
23 One Sab bath Jesus was go ing
through the grain fields, and as his disci
ples walked along, they be gan to pick
some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said
to him, “Look, why are they do ing what
is un law ful on the Sab bath?”
25 He an swered, “Have you nev er read
what Da vid did when he and his compan
ions were hun gry and in need? 26 In
the days of Abi a thar the high priest, he
en tered the house of God and ate the conse
crat ed bread, which is law ful only for
priests to eat. And he also gave some to
his companions.”
27 Then he said to them, “The Sab bath
was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of
the Sabbath.”
JESUS HEALS ON THE SABBATH
3
An
oth er time Jesus went into the
syn a gogue, and a man with a shriveled
hand was there. 2 Some of them
were look ing for a rea son to ac cuse Jesus,
so they watched him close ly to see if he
would heal him on the Sab bath. 3 Jesus
said to the man with the shriv eled hand,
“Stand up in front of ev ery one.”
4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is
law ful on the Sab bath: to do good or to
do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they
remained silent.
5 He looked around at them in an ger
and, deep ly dis tressed at their stub born
hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your
hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand
was completely restored. 6 Then the Phari
sees went out and be gan to plot with the
Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
CROWDS FOLLOW JESUS
7 Jesus with drew with his dis ci ples to
the lake, and a large crowd from Gal i-
lee fol lowed. 8 When they heard about
all he was do ing, many peo ple came to
him from Ju dea, Je ru sa lem, Id u mea,
and the re gions across the Jor dan and
around Tyre and Sidon. 9 Be cause of the
crowd he told his dis ci ples to have a small
boat ready for him, to keep the peo ple
from crowd ing him. 10 For he had healed
many, so that those with dis eas es were
push ing for ward to touch him. 11 Whenev
er the im pure spir its saw him, they fell
down be fore him and cried out, “You are
the Son of God.” 12 But he gave them strict
or ders not to tell oth ers about him.
JESUS APPOINTS THE TWELVE
13 Jesus went up on a moun tain side
and called to him those he want ed, and
they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve
a
that they might be with him and that he
might send them out to preach 15 and
a
14 Some manuscripts twelve — designating
them apostles —