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your mat and walk’? 10  But I want you to
know that the Son of Man has au­thor­i­t y
on ­earth to for­give 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 ­a mazed ev­ery­one and they ­praised
God, say­ing, “We have nev­er seen any­
thing like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats
With Sinners
13  Once ­again ­Jesus went out be­side the
lake. A ­l arge ­c rowd came to him, and
he be­gan to ­teach them. 14  As he ­walked
a long, he saw Levi son of Al­phae­us sit­
ting at the tax col­lec­tor’s ­booth. “Fol­low
me,” ­Jesus told him, and Levi got up and
fol­lowed him.
15  While ­Jesus was hav­ing din­ner at Le­
vi’s ­house, many tax col­lec­tors and sin­ners
were eat­ing with him and his dis­c i­ples,
for ­t here 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 dis­c i­
ples: “Why does he eat with tax col­lec­tors
and sin­ners?”
17  On hear­i ng this, ­Jesus said to them,
“It is not the ­healthy who need a doc­tor,
but the sick. I have not come to call the
righ­teous, but sin­ners.”
Jesus Questioned About Fasting
18  Now ­John’s
dis­ci­ples and the Phar­i­
sees were fast­ing. Some peo­ple came and
asked ­Jesus, “How is it that ­John’s dis­ci­
ples and the dis­ci­ples of the Phar­i­sees are
fast­ing, but ­yours are not?”
19  Jesus an­s wered, “How can the ­g uests
of the bride­g room fast ­while he is with
them? They can­not, so long as they have
him with them. 20  But the time will come
when the bride­g room will be tak­en from
them, and on that day they will fast.
21  “No one sews a ­p atch of un­shrunk
c loth on an old gar­ment. Other­w ise,
the new ­piece will pull away from the
old, mak­i ng the tear ­worse. 22  And no
one pours new wine into old wine­skins.
Other­w ise, the wine will ­burst the ­skins,
and both the wine and the wine­skins will
be ru­ined. No, they pour new wine into
new wine­skins.”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23  One
Sab­bath ­Jesus was go­ing ­through
the grain­f ields, and as his dis­c i­ples
walked ­a long, they be­gan to pick some
heads of ­g rain. 24  The Phar­i­sees said to
him, “Look, why are they do­ing what is
un­law­f ul on the Sab­bath?”
25  He an­s wered, “Have you nev­er read
what Da­v id did when he and his com­pan­
ions were hun­g ry and in need? 26  In the
days of Abi­a­t har the high ­priest, he en­
tered the ­house of God and ate the con­
se­c rat­ed ­bread, ­which is law­f ul only for
priests to eat. And he also gave some to
his com­pan­ions.”
27  Then he said to them, “The Sab­bath
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
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An­oth­e r time ­Jesus went into
the syn­a­gogue, and a man with a
shriv­eled hand was ­there. 2  Some
of them were look­ing for a rea­son to ac­
cuse ­Jesus, 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 ­front of ev­ery­one.”
4  Then ­Jesus ­a sked them, “Which is
law­f ul 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 an­g er
and, deep­ly dis­t ressed at ­t heir stub­born
hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your
hand.” He ­stretched it out, and his hand
was com­plete­ly re­stored. 6  Then the Phar­
i­sees went out and be­gan to plot with the
He­ro­di­ans how they ­might kill ­Jesus.
Crowds Follow Jesus
7  Jesus
with­d rew with his dis­c i­ples to
the lake, and a ­large ­c rowd from Gal­i­
lee fol­lowed. 8  When they ­heard ­about all
he was do­ing, many peo­ple came to him
from Ju­dea, Je­r u­sa­lem, Id­u­mea, and the
re­gions ­across the Jor­dan and ­around Tyre
and Si­don. 9  Be­cause of the ­crowd he told