The Gospel according to S. Marke. Chapter 2

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CHAP. II.

1 Christ healeth one sicke of the palsie, 14 calleth Matthew from the receit of Custome, 15 eateth with Publicanes, and sinners, 18 excuseth his disciples for not fasting, 23 and for plucking the eares of corne on the Sabbath day.

¹And againe hee entred into Capernaum after some dayes, and it was noysed that he was in the house.¹

²And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no roome to receiue them, no not so much as about the doore: and he preached the word vnto them.

³And they come vnto him, bringing one sicke of the palsie, which was borne of foure.

⁴And when they could not come nigh vnto him for preasse, they vncouered the roofe where he was: and when they had broken it vp, they let downe the bed wherin the sick of the palsie lay.

⁵When Iesus saw their faith, hee said vnto the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, thy sinnes be forgiuen thee.

⁶But there were certaine of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷Why doeth this man thus speake blasphemies? Who can forgiue sinnes but God onely?⁷

⁸And immediatly, when Iesus perceiued in his Spirit, that they so reasoned within themselues, he said vnto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

⁹Whether is it easier to say to the sicke of the palsie, Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee: or to say, Arise, and take vp thy bed and walke?

¹⁰But that yee may know that the Sonne of man hath power on earth to forgiue sinnes, (Hee saith to the sicke of the palsie,)

¹¹I say vnto thee, Arise, & take vp thy bed, & goe thy way into thine house.

¹²And immediatly he arose, tooke vp the bed, and went foorth before them all, insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, Wee neuer saw it on this fashion.

¹³And he went foorth againe by the sea side, and all the multitude resorted vnto him, and he taught them.

¹⁴And as he passed by, he saw Leui the son of Alpheus sitting at the receit of Custome, and said vnto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.¹⁴

¹⁵And it came to passe, that as Iesus sate at meate in his house, many Publicanes and sinners sate also together with Iesus and his disciples: for there were many, & they followed him.

¹⁶And when the Scribes and Pharisees saw him eate with Publicanes and sinners, they said vnto his disciples, How is it that hee eateth and drinketh with Publicanes and sinners?

¹⁷When Iesus heard it, he saith vnto them, They that are whole, haue no need of the Physition, but they that are sicke: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

¹⁸And the disciples of Iohn, and of the Pharisees vsed to fast; and they come, and say vnto him, Why doe the disciples of Iohn, and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?¹⁸

¹⁹And Iesus said vnto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the Bridegrome is with them? As long as they haue the Bridegrome with them, they cannot fast.

²⁰But the dayes will come, when the Bridegrome shall bee taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those dayes.

²¹No man also soweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it vp, taketh away from the old, & the rent is made worse.²¹

²²And no man putteth new wine into old bottles, else the new wine doeth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will bee marred: But new wine must bee put into new bottles.

²³And it came to passe, that he went thorow the corne fields on the Sabbath day, & his disciples began as they went, to plucke the eares of corne.²³

²⁴And the Pharisees saide vnto him, Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawfull?

²⁵And he said vnto them, Haue ye neuer read what Dauid did, when hee had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

²⁶How hee went into the house of God in the dayes of Abiathar the high Priest, and did eate the Shew-bread, which is not lawfull to eate, but for the Priests, and gaue also to them which were with him?

²⁷And hee said vnto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath:

²⁸Therefore the Sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Mark Chapter 2

¹ Matt. 9.1.
⁷ Iob 14.4. esay 43.25.
¹⁴ Matt. 9.9. , Or, at the place where the Custome are receive,
¹⁸ Matth. 9.14 luke 5.32.
²¹ Or, raw, or vnwrought.
²³ Matt. 12.1.

* Some content courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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