Introducing the Unitarian Standard Version Bible
References Used in the Unitarian Standard Version
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Textual changes are underlined.
1 And he entered into a boat, and crossed
over, and came into his own city. 2 And behold, they brought to
him a paralytic(a), lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing
their faith(b) said unto the paralytic, Child(c), be of good cheer; thy sins are
forgiven(d). 3 And behold, certain of the scribes said
within themselves, This man blasphemeth(e). 4 And Jesus seeing
their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your
hearts?(f) 5 For which is easier, to say, Thy
sins are forgiven(g); or to say, Arise, and walk? 6 But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to
forgive sins (then saith he to the paralytic), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy
house. 7 And he arose, and departed to his
house. 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and
glorified God, who had given such authority unto men(h).
9 And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw
a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax office(i): and
he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as he sat to eat(j)
in the house, behold, many tax-collectors and sinners came and
sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees
saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher
with the tax-collectors and sinners? 12 But when he heard it, he
said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they
that are sick. 13 But go ye and learn what [this] meaneth, I
desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners(k).
14 Then come to him the disciples of John,
saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples
fast not? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of
the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them?
but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away
from them, and then will they fast. 16 And no man putteth a
piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which
should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is
made. 17 Neither do [men] put new wine into old wine-skins: else
the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish:
but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are
preserved.
18 While he spake these things unto them,
behold, there came a ruler, and paid homage(l) to him,
saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand
upon her, and she shall live. 19 And Jesus arose, and followed
him, and [so did] his disciples. 20 And behold, a woman(m),
who had an issue of blood(n) twelve years, came behind
him, and touched the border of his garment: 21 for she said
within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made
whole. 22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of
good cheer; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was
made whole from that hour. 23 And when Jesus came into the
ruler`s house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a
tumult, 24 he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but
sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25 But when the crowd
was put forth, he entered in, and took her by the hand; and the
damsel arose. 26 And the fame hereof went forth into all that
land.
27 And as Jesus passed by from thence, two
blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on
us, thou son of David. 28 And when he was come into the house,
the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye
that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then
touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it
done unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly
charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they went
forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
32 And as they went forth, behold, there was
brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon. 33 And when
the demon was cast out, the dumb man spake: and the multitudes
marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 34 But the
Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out
demons.
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and
the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all
manner of sickness. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was
moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and
scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd (o). 37 Then
saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous,
but the laborers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
Footnotes
(a) ASV a man sick of the palsy;
Moffatt has a
leper
(b) JW: The object of the faith here
mentioned was plainly the divine power and goodness, but not as
coming from Christ originally, as eternal God, but as an
instrument by which God conveyed it to men under such miserable
circumstances as this poor man was in. — CONTINUATORS OF POOLE
on Luke v. 20.
(c) ASV Son...the Greek has
TEKNON which means child
(d) JW: It must be noted, that our
Lord here speaks of remission, not of the eternal punishments,
but of the temporal punishments, inflicted for sin; because our
Saviour saith, it “is as easy to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee,
as to say, Rise up and walk;” which consequence seems not to be
good, if we take remission of sins in the highest sense.
Moreover, it is usual in Scripture, and was so among the Jews,
to represent bodily afflictions, miseries, and diseases, as the
effects of sin. DR. WHITBY.
(e) JW: This man blasphemeth,
making himself a god; for who can forgive sins but God only?
- DR. WHITBY's Paraphrase.
The Jews accused Christ of blasphemy and sacrilege, because he
usurped what was peculiar to God. But as his language is
ambiguous, and he uttered nothing but what might be pronounced
by a prophet, the witness of the grace of God (for Christ did
not say, "I forgive thee thy sins”), why did they put the worse
construction on what might have been more favourably
interpreted? Because their minds were full of malevolence and
envy towards Christ. LUCAS BRUGENSIS.
The scribes thought that no one could forgive sins, except God,
and those who spoke in his name, and were sent by him, 2 Sam.
12:13, comp. Mark 2:7. Luke 5:21. But they did not receive Jesus
as a divine messenger, and thence inferred, that he who
arrogated to himself power from God, which was not received,
made himself God, and therefore blasphemed.—J. G. ROSENMÜLLER.
(f) JW: Why do think that I am not
sent of God? –J. G. ROSENMÜLLER.
If he could say to the paralytic man, Arise and walk, God must
be with him; and therefore God was equally with him when he
said, Thy sins be forgiven thee. So ought they (the
scribes and other bystanders] to have reasoned among themselves,
&c.- BISHOP SUMNER on Mark 2:6-11.
(g) JW: By interrogating, Jesus
affirms that any teacher who, by God's assistance, is enabled to
restore health to others, has sufficient authority to declare
the forgiveness of their sins. KUINOEL.
(h) JW: They with united acclamations glorified God who
had given such mighty and beneficent power to men, and raised up
so eminent a Prophet to his people. — DR. DODDRIDGE.
The people, on this occasion, behaved much better than the
Pharisees and doctors. Having seen the miracle, they were struck
with an high degree of surprise mixed with admiration, and
expressed their sense of the honour that was done to human
nature by Almighty God, who had endued men with such powers;
power not only to heal diseases, but to forgive sins. MACKNIGHT
(i) ASV has place of toll,
other Bibles have Customs House
(j) ASV at meat
(k) KJV and Julia Smith
add to repentance.
(l) ASV and KJV have worshipped. BDAG
Lexicon refers to Matt. 9:18 when it
writes, "Jesus, who is rendered homage as Messianic king and
helper." See also Darby, RDNT,
Moffatt, AT, NAB, NJB, RSV, NRSV, YLT, Bullinger, Barclay, KNT,
Unvarnished, Wilton, Tomanek, GNT, CCB, Cassirrer, CEB, Rotherham, TNT etc
(m) tradition has assigned the name Veronica to
this woman.
(n) issue of blood,
others clarify with the word hemorrhage, see Williams,
AT, Moffatt, RSV, NJB, NAB
(o) Judith 11:19
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