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Mark 2
1 And when he entered
again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that
he was in the house. 2 And many were gathered together,
so that there was no longer room [for them], no, not
even about the door: and he spake the word unto them. 3
And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy(a),
carried by four(b). 4 And when they could not bring
the man to him for the crowd, they uncovered the
roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they
let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay. 5
And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the
palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven. 6 But there were
certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in
their hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak? he
blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, [even] God? 8
And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that
they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why
reason ye these things in your hearts? 9 Which is
easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are
forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and
walk? 10 But that ye may know that the Son of man(d)
hath authority to forgive sins on earth (he
saith to the sick of the palsy), 11 I say unto thee,
Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. 12 And he
arose, and straightway 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.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the
multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 14 And
as he passed by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus
sitting at the tax-office, and he saith unto him, Follow
me. And he arose and followed him. 15 And as he was
sitting to eat in his house, and many
tax-collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his
disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that
he was eating with the sinners and tax-collectors, said
unto his disciples, he eateth with
tax-collectors and sinners? 17 And when Jesus heard it,
he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of
a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call
the righteous, but sinners.
18 And John`s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting:
and they come and say unto him, Why do John`s disciples
and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy
disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the
sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is
with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with
them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when
the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then
will they fast in that day.
21 No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old
garment: else that which should fill it up taketh from
it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. 22
And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins; else the
wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and
the skins: but [they put] new wine into fresh
wine-skins.
23 And it came to pass, that one sabbath day he was
going through the grainfields; and his disciples
began, as they went, to pluck the ears. 24 And the
Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the
sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25 And he said
unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had
need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar
was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not
lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to
them that were with him? 27 And he said unto them, The
sabbath was made for man, not man for the
sabbath: 28 so that the Son of man(d) is lord
even of the sabbath.
Footnotes
(a) Or, paralyzed
(b) Mark is the only gospel to specify that
there were four persons carrying him.
(c) who can forgive sins but God?
This is not proof that Jesus is God. God does delegate
authority. John 5:22, 27 says, "For neither doth the
Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment
unto the Son...and he gave him authority to execute
judgment, because he is a son of man."
Since Jesus was GIVEN the right to judge, this
indicates a transfer of power which the Son did not
previously have.
When Jesus forgave a man of his sins, the people
understood that this was a transfer of power.
"But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and
glorified God, who had given such authority unto men."
Matt 9:8
Then Jesus passed on this authority to forgive sins to
his apostles (John 20:22, 23). This does not make them
God.
(d) The expression "Son of man" occurs 85
times in the New Testament and 103 times in the Old
Testament.
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"Whether Christ is called God must be determined from Jn. i.1; xx.28; 1Jn. v. 20 ; Ro. ix. 5; Tit. ii.13; Heb. i.8 sq., etc,; the matter is still in dispute among theologians." Thayer's Lexicon
