1 και εισηλθεν παλιν εις καπερναουμ δι ημερων και ηκουσθη οτι εις οικον εστιν. 2 και ευθεως συνηχθησαν πολλοι, ωστε μηκετι χωρειν μηδε τα προς την θυραν· και ελαλει αυτοις τον λογον. 3 και ερχονται προς αυτον παραλυτικον φεροντες, αιρομενον υπο τεσσαρων· 4 και μη δυναμενοι προσεγγισαι αυτω δια τον οχλον, απεστεγασαν την στεγην οπου ην, και εξορυξαντες χαλωσιν τον κραβαττον, εφ ω ο παραλυτικος κατεκειτο. 5 ιδων δε ο ιησους την πιστιν αυτων λεγει τω παραλυτικω· τεκνον, αφεωνται σοι αι αμαρτιαι σου. 6 ησαν δε τινες των γραμματεων εκει καθημενοι και διαλογιζομενοι εν ταις καρδιαις αυτων· 7 τι ουτος ουτως λαλει βλασφημιας; τις δυναται αφιεναι αμαρτιας ει μη εις ο θεος; 8 και ευθεως επιγνους ο ιησους τω πνευματι αυτου οτι ουτως αυτοι διαλογιζονται εν εαυτοις, ειπεν αυτοις· τι ταυτα διαλογιζεσθε εν ταις καρδιαις υμων; 9 τι εστιν ευκοπωτερον, ειπειν τω παραλυτικω, αφεωνται σου αι αμαρτιαι, η ειπειν, εγειρε και αρον τον κραβαττον σου και περιπατει; 10 ινα δε ειδητε οτι εξουσιαν εχει ο υιος του ανθρωπου αφιεναι επι της γης αμαρτιας— λεγει τω παραλυτικω· 11 σοι λεγω, εγειρε και αρον τον κραβαττον σου και υπαγε εις τον οικον σου. 12 και ηγερθη ευθεως, και αρας τον κραβαττον εξηλθεν εναντιον παντων, ωστε εξιστασθαι παντας και δοξαζειν τον θεον λεγοντας οτι ουδεποτε ουτως ειδομεν. 13 και εξηλθεν παλιν παρα την θαλασσαν· και πας ο οχλος ηρχετο προς αυτον, και εδιδασκεν αυτους. 14 και παραγων ειδεν λευιν τον του αλφαιου, καθημενον επι το τελωνιον, και λεγει αυτω· ακολουθει μοι. και αναστας ηκολουθησεν αυτω. 15 και εγενετο εν τω κατακεισθαι αυτον εν τη οικια αυτου, και πολλοι τελωναι και αμαρτωλοι συνανεκειντο τω ιησου και τοις μαθηταις αυτου· ησαν γαρ πολλοι, και ηκολουθησαν αυτω. 16 και οι γραμματεις και οι φαρισαιοι ιδοντες αυτον εσθιοντα μετα των τελωνων και αμαρτωλων ελεγον τοις μαθηταις αυτου· τι οτι μετα των τελωνων και αμαρτωλων εσθιει και πινει; 17 και ακουσας ο ιησους λεγει αυτοις· ου χρειαν εχουσιν οι ισχυοντες ιατρου, αλλ οι κακως εχοντες· ουκ ηλθον καλεσαι δικαιους, αλλα αμαρτωλους εις μετανοιαν. 18 και ησαν οι μαθηται ιωαννου και οι των φαρισαιων νηστευοντες. και ερχονται και λεγουσιν αυτω· διατι οι μαθηται ιωαννου και οι των φαρισαιων νηστευουσιν, οι δε σοι μαθηται ου νηστευουσιν; 19 και ειπεν αυτοις ο ιησους· μη δυνανται οι υιοι του νυμφωνος, εν ω ο νυμφιος μετ αυτων εστιν, νηστευειν; οσον χρονον μεθ εαυτων εχουσιν τον νυμφιον, ου δυνανται νηστευειν. 20 ελευσονται δε ημεραι οταν απαρθη απ αυτων ο νυμφιος, και τοτε νηστευσουσιν εν εκειναις ταις ημεραις. 21 ουδεις επιβλημα ρακους αγναφου επιρραπτει επι ιματιω παλαιω· ει δε μηγε, αιρει το πληρωμα αυτου, το καινον του παλαιου, και χειρον σχισμα γινεται. 22 και ουδεις βαλλει οινον νεον εις ασκους παλαιους· ει δε μη, ρησσει ο οινος ο νεος τους ασκους, και ο οινος εκχειται και οι ασκοι απολουνται· αλλα οινον νεον εις ασκους καινους βλητεον. 23 και εγενετο παραπορευεσθαι αυτον εν τοις σαββασιν δια των σποριμων, και ηρξαντο οι μαθηται αυτου οδον ποιειν τιλλοντες τους σταχυας. 24 και οι φαρισαιοι ελεγον αυτω· ιδε τι ποιουσιν εν τοις σαββασιν ο ουκ εξεστιν. 25 και αυτος ελεγεν αυτοις· ουδεποτε ανεγνωτε τι εποιησεν δαυιδ οτε χρειαν εσχεν και επεινασεν αυτος και οι μετ αυτου; 26 πως εισηλθεν εις τον οικον του θεου επι αβιαθαρ αρχιερεως και τους αρτους της προθεσεως εφαγεν, ους ουκ εξεστιν φαγειν ει μη τοις ιερευσιν, και εδωκεν και τοις συν αυτω ουσιν; 27 και ελεγεν αυτοις· το σαββατον δια τον ανθρωπον εγενετο, ουχ ο ανθρωπος δια το σαββατον· 28 ωστε κυριος εστιν ο υιος του ανθρωπου και του σαββατου.
Mark · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
Mark 2 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (3)
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Alphaeus
Named as father of James, one of the Twelve (Matthew 10:3), and as the father of Levi the tax collector (Mark 2:14); the text does not say whether these are two different men…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 2:14; Mark 3:18
Matthew
A tax collector sitting at the tax booth whom Jesus told 'Follow Me'; Matthew calls him Matthew, while Mark and Luke tell the same call and name him Levi, and Mark 2:14 calls Levi…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 9:9; Matthew 10:3; Mark 2:14
Places
Capernaum
A fishing and customs town on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus healed, taught, and called disciples. Its ruins include a 4th–5th c. synagogue built over an earlier one.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:13; Mark 2:1; Matthew 11:23
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 5:18; John 4:47; Luke 18:35–38; Matthew 9:1; Mark 7:24
- 2 Mark 2:13; Mark 1:45; Mark 6:34; Mark 1:33; Mark 4:1–2
- 3 Luke 5:18–26; Matthew 9:1–8; Matthew 4:24
- 4 Luke 5:19; Deuteronomy 22:8
- 5 Matthew 9:2; James 5:15; Mark 2:9–10; Luke 7:47–50; Luke 5:20
- 6 Luke 5:21–22; Mark 8:17; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Matthew 16:7–8
- 7 Isaiah 43:25; Luke 5:21; Daniel 9:9; Micah 7:18; Luke 7:49
- 8 Psalm 139:2; Ezekiel 38:10; John 2:24–25; John 6:64; Luke 24:38
- 9 Luke 5:22–25; Matthew 9:5
- 10 Daniel 7:13–14; Matthew 9:6–8; Acts 5:31; John 5:20–27; 1 Timothy 1:13–16
- 11 Mark 1:41; John 5:8–10; John 6:63
- 12 Matthew 9:33; Matthew 9:8; Luke 7:16; John 9:32; John 7:31
- 13 Proverbs 1:20–22; Mark 4:1; Luke 21:38; Mark 3:20–21; Mark 2:2
- 14 Luke 5:27–32; Mark 1:17–20; Luke 6:15; Matthew 9:9–13; Mark 3:18
- 15 Luke 15:1; Matthew 9:10–11; Luke 5:29–30; Matthew 21:31–32; Luke 6:17
- 16 Luke 18:11; Luke 19:7; Luke 19:10; Acts 23:9; Isaiah 65:5
- 17 Luke 15:7; Matthew 9:12–13; Luke 19:10; Luke 5:31–32; 1 Timothy 1:15–16
- 18 Luke 18:12; Matthew 6:18; Matthew 9:14–17; Matthew 6:16; Luke 5:33–39
- 19 Matthew 25:1–10; Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:10–11
- 20 Luke 17:22; Revelation 21:9; Isaiah 62:5; Revelation 19:7; Zechariah 13:7
- 21 Matthew 9:16; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 103:13–15
- 22 Matthew 9:17; Psalm 119:83; Luke 5:37–38; Job 32:19; Joshua 9:4
- 23 Deuteronomy 23:24–25; Matthew 12:1–8; Luke 6:1–5
- 24 Exodus 20:10; Hebrews 12:3; Matthew 12:2; Isaiah 58:13; Exodus 31:15
- 25 1 Samuel 21:3–6; Luke 10:26
- 26 2 Samuel 8:17; Leviticus 24:5–9; 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Chronicles 24:6; 1 Kings 2:26–27
- 27 Colossians 2:16; Luke 6:9; Deuteronomy 5:14; Ezekiel 20:12; Isaiah 58:13
- 28 Matthew 12:8; Revelation 1:10; John 9:14; John 5:17; Ephesians 1:22
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Thy bed did carry thee, thou carriedst not thy bed, but wast a paralytic inwardly; He cometh who saith to thee, "Take up thy bed, and go thy way into thy house." "The Lord help him on his bed of pain." Then to the Lord Himself He turneth, as though it were asked, Why then, since the Lord helpeth us, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Now Matthew indeed saith, that "they brought him," but the others, that they also broke up the roof, and let him down. And they put the sick man before Christ, saying nothing, but committing the whole to Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Or in another sense they are used of a thing which is not reasonable; as, Can the Children of the Bridechamber fast while the Bridegroom is with them; whether He be considered as visible in bodily form (for the time of His sojourning among us was not one of mourning, but of gladness), or, as the Word.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Upon their murmuring, then, and saying, "This man blasphemeth; who can forgive sins but God only?" let us see what He saith.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And we have cause also to admire the self-denial of the evangelist, how he disguises not his own former life, but adds even his name, when the others had concealed him under another appellation. But why did he say he was "sitting at the receipt of custom?" To indicate the power of Him that called him, that it was not …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)