Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
1A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
13Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
15While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16When 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?”
17On hearing 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
18Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
19Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
21“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, 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
23One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
27Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
治好瘫痪的人
1几天后，耶稣回到迦百农。祂在家的消息一传开， 2许多人便蜂拥而来，连门外也挤满了人。耶稣正给他们讲道的时候， 3有四个人抬着一个瘫痪的人来见祂。 4可是人太多了，他们无法抬到耶稣跟前，就拆掉耶稣所在房间的屋顶，将那人连垫子一起缒下去。 5耶稣看见他们的信心，就对瘫痪的人说：“孩子，你的罪得到赦免了！” 6有几个律法教师坐在那里，心里议论说： 7“这是什么话？祂是在亵渎上帝！除了上帝以外，谁能赦罪呢？”
8耶稣立刻看透了他们的心思，就说：“你们为什么这样心里议论呢？ 9对瘫痪的人说‘你的罪被赦免了’容易呢，还是说‘起来，收拾你的垫子走吧’容易呢？ 10但我要让你们知道人子在世上有赦罪的权柄。”于是祂对那人说： 11“我吩咐你起来拿上你的垫子回家去吧。” 12那人就站起来，马上拿起垫子，当着众人的面走了出去。众人都十分惊奇，赞美上帝说：“我们从来没见过这样的事！”
呼召利未
13耶稣又出去到了湖边。有一大群人围拢过来，祂就教导他们。 14耶稣往前走的时候，看见亚勒腓的儿子利未坐在收税站里，就对他说：“跟从我！”利未就起来跟从了耶稣。
15后来，利未请耶稣和祂的门徒到家里坐席，同席的还有很多已经跟随耶稣的税吏和罪人。 16有几位法利赛人的律法教师看见耶稣跟税吏和罪人同席，就问耶稣的门徒：“祂为何跟税吏和罪人一起吃饭？”
17耶稣听见后，就对他们说：“健康的人不需要医生，有病的人才需要。我来不是召义人，而是召罪人。”
论禁食
18约翰的门徒和法利赛人都在禁食的时候，有人来问耶稣：“约翰的门徒和法利赛人的门徒禁食，为什么你的门徒不禁食呢？”
19耶稣对他们说：“新郎和宾客还在一起的时候，宾客岂能禁食？新郎还跟他们在一起的时候，他们不能禁食。 20但有一天新郎将被带走，那时他们就要禁食了。
21“没有人会用新布来补旧衣服，否则新布会把旧衣服扯破，破洞会更大； 22也没有人把新酒装在旧皮囊里，否则新酒会把旧皮囊胀破，酒和皮囊都毁了。所以，新酒一定要装在新皮囊里。”
安息日的主
23有一个安息日，耶稣经过一片麦田，同行的门徒一边走一边掐麦穗。 24法利赛人对耶稣说：“看啊，他们为什么做安息日不准做的事？”
25耶稣回答说：“你们没有读过大卫的事迹吗？当时他和随从饥饿匮乏， 26他进入上帝的殿吃了献给上帝的供饼，还给他的随从吃，这饼只有祭司才可以吃。这事在发生在亚比亚他做大祭司的时候。”
27然后，耶稣对他们说：“安息日是为人设立的，人不是为安息日设立的。 28所以，人子也是安息日的主。”
