Thematic Bible
Mark 2:1 (show verse)
Jesus returned to Capernaum, and a few days later the news went out that He was at home.
Mark 2:2 (show verse)
So many people gathered together that there was no longer room [for them], not even near the door; and Jesus was discussing with them the word [of God].
Mark 2:3 (show verse)
Then they came, bringing to Him a paralyzed man, who was being carried by four men.
Mark 2:4 (show verse)
When they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus; and when they had dug out an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
Mark 2:5 (show verse)
When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Mark 2:6 (show verse)
But some of the scribes were sitting there debating in their hearts [the implication of what He had said],
Mark 2:7 (show verse)
“Why does this man talk that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins [remove guilt, nullify sin’s penalty, and assign righteousness] except God alone?”
Mark 2:8 (show verse)
Immediately Jesus, being fully aware [of their hostility] and knowing in His spirit that they were thinking this, said to them, “Why are you debating and arguing about these things in your hearts?
Mark 2:9 (show verse)
Mark 2:10 (show verse)
Mark 2:11 (show verse)
Mark 2:12 (show verse)
And he got up and immediately picked up the mat and went out before them all, so that they all were astonished and they glorified and praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Mark 2:13 (show verse)
Jesus went out again along the [Galilean] seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
Mark 2:14 (show verse)
As He was passing by, He saw Levi (Matthew) the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax collector’s booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk].” And he got up and followed Him [becoming His disciple, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].
Mark 2:15 (show verse)
And it happened that Jesus was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, and many tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews] were eating with Him and His disciples; for there were many of them and they were following Him.
Mark 2:16 (show verse)
When the scribes [belonging to the sect] of the Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with the sinners [including non-observant Jews] and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Mark 2:17 (show verse)
When Jesus heard this, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but [only] those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners [who recognize their sin and humbly seek forgiveness].”
Mark 2:18 (show verse)
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting [as a ritual]; and they came and asked Jesus, “Why are John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, but Your disciples are not doing so?”
Mark 2:19 (show verse)
Jesus answered, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast while the bridegroom is [still] with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mark 2:20 (show verse)
Mark 2:21 (show verse)
Mark 2:22 (show verse)
Mark 2:23 (show verse)
One Sabbath He was walking along [with His disciples] through the grainfields, and as they went along, His disciples began picking the heads of grain.
Mark 2:24 (show verse)
The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
Mark 2:25 (show verse)
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and his companions;
Mark 2:26 (show verse)
Mark 2:27 (show verse)
Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.