The Gospel of Mark for Readers | Page 2

the fever left her. And she, then, ministered to
them.
That evening around sunset, many people were brought to Him who
were diseased and some who were possessed with devils. And all the
city gathered together at the door. Jesus healed many that were sick of
divers diseases. He cast out many devils and did not allow the devils to
speak because they knew Him.
The next morning, rising before dawn, He went to a solitary place to
pray. Simon and those who were with him followed. When they found
Him, they said, All men seek for thee. And Jesus said to them, Let us
go on to the next towns that I may preach there also: for therefore came
I forth.

And Jesus preached in the synagogues throughout Galilee, and cast out
devils. There came to Him a leper. Kneeling down and beseeching Him,
the leper said, If thou wilt, thou can make me clean. Jesus was moved
with compassion. He put out His hand, touched him, and said, I will.
Be thou clean.
And, as soon as He had spoken, the leprosy departed and the man was
cleansed. Jesus directly charged him to say nothing to any man. Jesus
said, Go thy way. Show thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing
those things which Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
But he went out and began to broadcast the matter. He said so much
that Jesus could no more openly enter the city but had to stay out in
desert places. And they came to Him from every quarter.
2 After some days Jesus entered Capernaum again and His arrival was
widely announced. The people knew that He returned to the house. And,
immediately, many gathered, so much that there was no room to
receive them, no, not so much as outside the door. Jesus preached the
word to them.
There came to Him one sick with palsy who was carried by four others.
When they could not get near Jesus because of the crowd, they
uncovered the roof above where Jesus stood. Having broken through,
they lowered down the bed wherein the sick man lay. When Jesus saw
their faith, He said to the sick man, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
There were certain of the scribes sitting there. They wondered, Why
does this man speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?
When Jesus realized that they so reasoned, He said to them, Why
reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether it is easier to say to the
sick man, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or, Arise. Take up thy bed and
walk?
So that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive
sins, (Jesus turned to the sick man and said,) I say to thee, Arise. Take
up thy bed and go thy way to thine own house. At that moment, he
arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all. They were
amazed. They glorified God, saying, We never saw anything like this.
Jesus went to the seaside again and the multitude gathered around Him,
and He taught them. Later, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at
the receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose and
followed Him.

And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at supper in Levi's house, many
publicans and sinners also joined together with Jesus and His disciples.
There now were many who followed Him. And when the scribes and
Pharisees saw Him eating with publicans and sinners, they asked His
disciples, How is it that He eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?
When Jesus heard this, He said to them, Those who are whole have no
need of a physician, only those who are sick. I came not to call the
righteous, but to call sinners to repentance.
The disciples of John and of the Pharisees came to Jesus and asked,
Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples
do not? And Jesus said to 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. But the day will come, when
the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
No man sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new
piece that filled it up takes away from the old and the rent is made
worse. And no man puts new wine into old bottles: else the new wine
bursts the bottles, the wine is spilled, and the bottles are marred. New
wine must be put into new bottles.
And it came to pass, that He went