Thematic Bible
Mark 2:1 (show verse)
And again he entered into Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that he was in the house.
Mark 2:2 (show verse)
And soon many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door; and he preached the word unto them.
Mark 2:3 (show verse)
And they came unto him, bringing a paralytic, carried by four men.
Mark 2:4 (show verse)
And when they could not come near unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was; and when they had broken it open, they let down the bed in which the paralytic lay.
Mark 2:5 (show verse)
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Mark 2:6 (show verse)
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
Mark 2:7 (show verse)
Why does this fellow so blaspheme? Who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark 2:8 (show verse)
And Jesus, knowing afterward in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said unto them, Why think ye these things in your hearts?
Mark 2:9 (show verse)
What is easier to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and take up thy bed and walk?
Mark 2:10 (show verse)
But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (he spoke to the sick of the palsy),
Mark 2:11 (show verse)
I say unto thee, Arise and take up thy bed and go to thy house.
Mark 2:12 (show verse)
And by and by he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw anything like unto this.
Mark 2:13 (show verse)
And he went again unto the sea; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
Mark 2:14 (show verse)
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
Mark 2:15 (show verse)
And it came to pass, that as Jesus sat at the table in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also at the table together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many and they had followed him.
Mark 2:16 (show verse)
And the scribes and Pharisees, seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?
Mark 2:17 (show verse)
When Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
Mark 2:18 (show verse)
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees did fast and therefore came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Mark 2:19 (show verse)
And Jesus said unto them, Can those who are in a wedding fast while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mark 2:20 (show verse)
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
Mark 2:21 (show verse)
No one mends an old garment with a new piece of cloth, or else the new piece that filled it up tears away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Mark 2:22 (show verse)
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are lost; but new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
Mark 2:23 (show verse)
And it came to pass that as he went through the planted fields again on the sabbath day, his disciples began, as they walked, to pluck the ears of grain.
Mark 2:24 (show verse)
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Mark 2:25 (show verse)
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those that were with him?
Mark 2:26 (show verse)
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?
Mark 2:27 (show verse)
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;
Mark 2:28 (show verse)
therefore the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.