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 κραββατον 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 εγειραι και αρον σου τον κραββατον και περιπατει 10 ινα δε ειδητε οτι εξουσιαν εχει ο υιοσ του ανθρωπου αφιεναι επι τησ γησ αμαρτιασ λεγει τω παραλυτικω 11 σοι λεγω εγειραι και αρον τον κραββατον σου και υπαγε εισ τον οικον σου 12 και ηγερθη ευθεωσ και αρασ τον κραββατον 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 λευι 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 δια τι 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 και ουδεισ επιβλημα ρακουσ αγναφου επιρραπτει επι ιματιω παλαιω ει δε μη 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
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- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
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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
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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
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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).
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“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)