Thematic Bible
Mark 2:1 (show verse)
And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
Mark 2:2 (show verse)
And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.
Christ » Sufferings of » Thronged
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
Popularity of Christ » The crowds press upon him
Preaching » The gospel of the kingdom of God, the subject of Christ's
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
Popularity of Christ » The crowds press upon him
Preaching » The gospel of the kingdom of God, the subject of Christ's
Mark 2:3 (show verse)
And four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
Christ » Miracles of » Paralytic
intercession » Additional instances of » Others, who sought jesus in behalf of afflicted people
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of Christ » Paralytic
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Personal work » Bringing the helpless to Christ
intercession » Additional instances of » Others, who sought jesus in behalf of afflicted people
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of Christ » Paralytic
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Personal work » Bringing the helpless to Christ
Mark 2:4 (show verse)
And when they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof above him. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
Mark 2:5 (show verse)
And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
Faith » Obstacles that test the faith of believers » Honoured by Christ and the apostles
Jesus Christ » Power of, to forgive sins
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Pardon » Is granted » By Christ
Sin » Excuses offered for » Forgiven
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Forgiven
Faith » Obstacles that test the faith of believers » Honoured by Christ and the apostles
Jesus Christ » Power of, to forgive sins
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Pardon » Is granted » By Christ
Sin » Excuses offered for » Forgiven
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Forgiven
Mark 2:6 (show verse)
But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Scribes » Modern » Often offended at out lord's conduct and teaching
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Scribes » Modern » Often offended at out lord's conduct and teaching
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Mark 2:7 (show verse)
"Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?"
Blasphemy » False indictments for » Jesus falsely accused of, previously to his trial
Christ » Faith in, great » Faultfinding against
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As having power to forgive sins
Falsehood » Instances of » Jewish leaders » Falsely accusing » Blasphemy
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Pardon » Is granted » By God alone
Power » Unrealized power » To forgive sins
Scribes » Modern » Often offended at out lord's conduct and teaching
Sin » God » Alone can forgive
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Unity of God » Exhibited in » His being the only source of pardon
Unrealized power » To forgive sins
Christ » Faith in, great » Faultfinding against
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As having power to forgive sins
Falsehood » Instances of » Jewish leaders » Falsely accusing » Blasphemy
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Pardon » Is granted » By God alone
Power » Unrealized power » To forgive sins
Scribes » Modern » Often offended at out lord's conduct and teaching
Sin » God » Alone can forgive
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Unity of God » Exhibited in » His being the only source of pardon
Unrealized power » To forgive sins
Mark 2:8 (show verse)
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Heart » The whole » Read by Christ
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Knowledge » God's » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Heart » The whole » Read by Christ
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Knowledge » God's » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Mark 2:9 (show verse)
Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
Mark 2:10 (show verse)
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins", he said to the paralytic,
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As having power to forgive sins
Jesus Christ » Power of, to forgive sins
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Jesus Christ » Power of, to forgive sins
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders
Mark 2:11 (show verse)
"I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."
Mark 2:12 (show verse)
And he arose immediately, and took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this."
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals the paralyzed man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Power » Unrealized power » To heal the sick
religious Testimony » Encouraged examples of » Living witnesses
Unrealized power » To heal the sick
Witnessing to the truth » Living witnesses
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a paralyzed man (at capernaum)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the paralyzed man
the Miracles of Christ » Paralytic healed
Power » Unrealized power » To heal the sick
religious Testimony » Encouraged examples of » Living witnesses
Unrealized power » To heal the sick
Witnessing to the truth » Living witnesses
Mark 2:13 (show verse)
And he went out again by the seaside. All the crowd came to 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 tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.
Alphaeus (alpheus) » Father of levi
Apostles » Call of to special work
Call » To special religious duty » Apostles
divine Call » Of the apostles » Call of to special work
Christ » Disciples of » Call of to special work
Disciples » Of Christ » Call of to special work
Jesus Christ » Humility of
Jesus Christ » History of » Calls matthew (capernaum)
Leaders » Apostles » Call of to special work
Matthew » Becomes a disciple of jesus
Obedience » Instances of » Levi
Publicans » Matthew, the tax collector of capernaum, becomes an apostle
Religious » Apostles » Call of to special work
Self-denial » Instances of » Peter and the other apostles, in abandoning their vocations and following jesus
Tax » Collectors of
Apostles » Call of to special work
Call » To special religious duty » Apostles
divine Call » Of the apostles » Call of to special work
Christ » Disciples of » Call of to special work
Disciples » Of Christ » Call of to special work
Jesus Christ » Humility of
Jesus Christ » History of » Calls matthew (capernaum)
Leaders » Apostles » Call of to special work
Matthew » Becomes a disciple of jesus
Obedience » Instances of » Levi
Publicans » Matthew, the tax collector of capernaum, becomes an apostle
Religious » Apostles » Call of to special work
Self-denial » Instances of » Peter and the other apostles, in abandoning their vocations and following jesus
Tax » Collectors of
Mark 2:15 (show verse)
It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
Mark 2:16 (show verse)
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
Mark 2:17 (show verse)
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
spiritual Disease » General references to
Healing » Who the lord heals
Irony » Instances of » Jesus to the pharisees
Jesus Christ » History of » Eats with tax collectors and sinners, and discourses on fasting (capernaum)
Physician » Proverbs about
Repentance » Jesus Christ coming to call sinners to repentance
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Healing » Who the lord heals
Irony » Instances of » Jesus to the pharisees
Jesus Christ » History of » Eats with tax collectors and sinners, and discourses on fasting (capernaum)
Physician » Proverbs about
Repentance » Jesus Christ coming to call sinners to repentance
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Mark 2:18 (show verse)
And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
Mark 2:19 (show verse)
And Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen 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 will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in those days.
Mark 2:21 (show verse)
No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
Mark 2:22 (show verse)
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins."
Mark 2:23 (show verse)
And it happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
Mark 2:24 (show verse)
And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
Mark 2:25 (show verse)
And he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry?he, and those who were with him?
Mark 2:26 (show verse)
How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"
Ahimelech » Also called ahia. A high priest, during the reign of david » Gives shewbread and the sword of goliath to david
Jesus Christ » History of » Defines the law of the sabbath on the occasion of his disciples plucking the ears of grain (at capernaum)
Shewbread (showbread) » Unlawfully eaten by david
Jesus Christ » History of » Defines the law of the sabbath on the occasion of his disciples plucking the ears of grain (at capernaum)
Shewbread (showbread) » Unlawfully eaten by david
Mark 2:27 (show verse)
And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Mark 2:28 (show verse)
Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
Jesus Christ » History of » Defines the law of the sabbath on the occasion of his disciples plucking the ears of grain (at capernaum)
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord of the sabbath
Sabbath » Jesus Christ being lord of the sabbath
Sabbath » Who the sabbath was made for
The sabbath » Christ » Is lord of
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord of the sabbath
Sabbath » Jesus Christ being lord of the sabbath
Sabbath » Who the sabbath was made for
The sabbath » Christ » Is lord of