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Learn about the sources and coverage →Several days later Jesus returned to Capernaum, and word spread that He was at home.
And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πάλιν εἰς Καπερναοὺμ δι’ ἡμερῶν∙ καὶ ἠκούσθη ὅτι εἰς οἶκόν ἐστιν.
Kai eisēlthen palin eis Kapernaoum di’ hēmerōn; kai ēkousthē hoti eis oikon estin.
Immediately so many people gathered that there was no longer room for them, not even near the door. And He spoke the word to them.
And straightway 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.
Καὶ εὐθέως συνήχθησαν πολλοί, ὥστε μηκέτι χωρεῖν μηδὲ τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν∙ καὶ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον.
Kai eutheōs synēchthēsan polloi, hōste mēketi chōrein mēde ta pros tēn thyran; kai elalei autois ton logon.
Then some men came to Him carrying a paralyzed man, borne by four of them.
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
Καὶ ἔρχονται πρὸς αὐτόν, παραλυτικὸν φέροντες, αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων.
Kai erchontai pros auton, paralytikon pherontes, airomenon hypo tessarōn.
Since they could not get near Jesus because of the crowd, they removed part of the roof above Him. After opening it up, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Καὶ μὴ δυνάμενοι προσεγγίσαι αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον, ἀπεστέγασαν τὴν στέγην ὅπου ἦν, καὶ ἐξορύξαντες χαλῶσιν τὸν κράββατον ἐφ’ ᾧ ὁ παραλυτικὸς κατέκειτο.
Kai mē dynamenoi prosengisai autō dia ton ochlon, apestegasan tēn stegēn hopou ēn, kai exoryxantes chalōsin ton krabbaton eph’ hō ho paralytikos katekeito.
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ, Τέκνον, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.
Idōn de ho Iēsous tēn pistin autōn legei tō paralytikō, Teknon, apheōntai soi hai hamartiai sou.
Some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts,
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Ἦσαν δέ τινες τῶν γραμματέων ἐκεῖ καθήμενοι, καὶ διαλογιζόμενοι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν,
Ēsan de tines tōn grammateōn ekei kathēmenoi, kai dialogizomenoi en tais kardiais autōn,
“Why does this Man speak such blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except God alone?”
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Τί οὗτος οὕτως λαλεῖ βλασφημίας; Τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὁ θεός;
Ti houtos houtōs lalei blasphēmias? Tis dynatai aphienai hamartias ei mē heis, ho theos?
Immediately Jesus knew in His spirit that they were reasoning this way within themselves. He said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Καὶ εὐθέως ἐπιγνοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ὅτι οὕτως αὐτοὶ διαλογίζονται ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Τί ταῦτα διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν;
Kai eutheōs epignous ho Iēsous tō pneumati autou hoti houtōs autoi dialogizontai en heautois, eipen autois, Ti tauta dialogizesthe en tais kardiais hymōn?
Which is easier—to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, Ἀφέωνταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, Ἔγειραι, καὶ ἆρόν σου τὸν κράββατον, καὶ περιπάτει;
Ti estin eukopōteron, eipein tō paralytikō, Apheōntai sou hai hamartiai, ē eipein, Egeirai, kai aron sou ton krabbaton, kai peripatei?
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralyzed man—
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀφιέναι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἁμαρτίας—λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ—
Hina de eidēte hoti exousian echei ho huios tou anthrōpou aphienai epi tēs gēs hamartias—legei tō paralytikō—
“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Σοὶ λέγω, ἔγειραι καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράββατόν σου, καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου.
Soi legō, egeirai kai aron ton krabbaton sou, kai hypage eis ton oikon sou.
Immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of everyone. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
And immediately 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 it on this fashion.
Καὶ ἠγέρθη εὐθέως, καὶ ἄρας τὸν κράββατον, ἐξῆλθεν ἐναντίον πάντων∙ ὥστε ἐξίστασθαι πάντας, καὶ δοξάζειν τὸν θεόν, λέγοντας ὅτι Οὐδέποτε οὕτως εἴδομεν.
Kai ēgerthē eutheōs, kai aras ton krabbaton, exēlthen enantion pantōn; hōste existasthai pantas, kai doxazein ton theon, legontas hoti Oudepote houtōs eidomen.
Jesus went out again beside the sea, and the whole crowd came to Him, and He taught them.
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν πάλιν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν∙ καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτούς.
Kai exēlthen palin para tēn thalassan; kai pas ho ochlos ērcheto pros auton, kai edidasken autous.
As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-collection booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.” And Levi got up and followed Him.
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
Καὶ παράγων εἶδεν Λευῒ τὸν τοῦ Ἀλφαίου καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ἀκολούθει μοι. Καὶ ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ.
Kai paragōn eiden Leui ton tou Alphaiou kathēmenon epi to telōnion, kai legei autō, Akolouthei moi. Kai anastas ēkolouthēsen autō.
Later, as Jesus was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also reclining with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many of them, and they followed Him.
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κατακεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ συνανέκειντο τῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ∙ ἦσαν γὰρ πολλοί, καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
Kai egeneto en tō katakeisthai auton en tē oikia autou, kai polloi telōnai kai hamartōloi synanekeinto tō Iēsou kai tois mathētais autou; ēsan gar polloi, kai ēkolouthēsan autō.
When the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐσθίοντα μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν, ἔλεγον τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, Τί ὅτι μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει;
Kai hoi grammateis kai hoi Pharisaioi, idontes auton esthionta meta tōn telōnōn kai hamartōlōn, elegon tois mathētais autou, Ti hoti meta tōn telōnōn kai hamartōlōn esthiei kai pinei?
When Jesus heard this, He said to them, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but those who are sick do. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
When Jesus heard it, he saith 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 sinners to repentance.
Καὶ ἀκούσας ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτοῖς, Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ’ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες. Οὐκ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν.
Kai akousas ho Iēsous legei autois, Ou chreian echousin hoi ischyontes iatrou, all’ hoi kakōs echontes. Ouk ēlthon kalesai dikaious, alla hamartōlous eis metanoian.
The disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. They came and asked Jesus, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Καὶ ἦσαν οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ οἱ τῶν Φαρισαίων νηστεύοντες∙ καὶ ἔρχονται καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ οἱ τῶν Φαρισαίων νηστεύουσιν, οἱ δὲ σοὶ μαθηταὶ οὐ νηστεύουσιν;
Kai ēsan hoi mathētai Iōannou kai hoi tōn Pharisaiōn nēsteuontes; kai erchontai kai legousin autō, Dia ti hoi mathētai Iōannou kai hoi tōn Pharisaiōn nēsteuousin, hoi de soi mathētai ou nēsteuousin?
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐστιν, νηστεύειν; Ὅσον χρόνον μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν ἔχουσιν τὸν νυμφίον, οὐ δύνανται νηστεύειν∙
Kai eipen autois ho Iēsous, Mē dynantai hoi huioi tou nymphōnos, en hō ho nymphios met’ autōn estin, nēsteuein? Hoson chronon meth’ heautōn echousin ton nymphion, ou dynantai nēsteuein;
But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them. Then, in those days, they will fast.
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
eleusontai de hēmerai hotan aparthē ap’ autōn ho nymphios, kai tote nēsteusousin en ekeinais tais hēmerais.
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear becomes worse.
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπιρράπτει ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ∙ εἰ δὲ μή, αἴρει τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ τὸ καινὸν τοῦ παλαιοῦ, καὶ χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται.
Kai oudeis epiblēma rhakous agnaphou epirraptei epi himatiō palaiō; ei de mē, airei to plērōma autou to kainon tou palaiou, kai cheiron schisma ginetai.
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine spills out, and the wineskins are ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins.”
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς∙ εἰ δὲ μή, ῥήσσει ὁ οἶνος ὁ νέος τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἐκχεῖται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται∙ ἀλλὰ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς βλητέον.
Kai oudeis ballei oinon neon eis askous palaious; ei de mē, rhēssei ho oinos ho neos tous askous, kai ho oinos ekcheitai kai hoi askoi apolountai; alla oinon neon eis askous kainous blēteon.
Now it happened that Jesus was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began plucking heads of grain as they walked.
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
Καὶ ἐγένετο παραπορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν διὰ τῶν σπορίμων, καὶ ἤρξαντο οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν ποιεῖν τίλλοντες τοὺς στάχυας.
Kai egeneto paraporeuesthai auton en tois sabbasin dia tōn sporimōn, kai ērxanto hoi mathētai autou hodon poiein tillontes tous stachyas.
The Pharisees said to Him, “Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον αὐτῷ, Ἴδε, τί ποιοῦσιν ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν;
Kai hoi Pharisaioi elegon autō, Ide, ti poiousin en tois sabbasin ho ouk exestin?
Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry—he and those who were with him?
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Καὶ αὐτὸς ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυίδ, ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ;
Kai autos elegen autois, Oudepote anegnōte ti epoiēsen Dauid, hote chreian eschen kai epeinasen autos kai hoi met’ autou?
How he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for anyone except the priests to eat, and also gave some to those who were with him?”
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἀβιάθαρ ἀρχιερέως, καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγεν, οὓς οὐκ ἔξεστιν φαγεῖν εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν, καὶ ἔδωκεν καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ οὖσιν;
Pōs eisēlthen eis ton oikon tou theou epi Abiathar archiereōs, kai tous artous tēs protheseōs ephagen, hous ouk exestin phagein ei mē tois hiereusin, kai edōken kai tois syn autō ousin?
Then He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Τὸ σάββατον διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο, οὐχ ὁ ἄνθρωπος διὰ τὸ σάββατον∙
Kai elegen autois, To sabbaton dia ton anthrōpon egeneto, ouch ho anthrōpos dia to sabbaton;
Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
ὥστε κύριός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ σαββάτου.
hōste kyrios estin ho huios tou anthrōpou kai tou sabbatou.