NASB20

NASB20

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Mark 2 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

The Paralyzed Man Healed

(Mat 9:2–8; Luk 5:17–26 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:1 -

When Jesus came back to Capernaum a few days later, it was heard that He was at home.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:2 - And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer space, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:3 - And some people *came, bringing to Him a man who was paralyzed, carried by four men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:4 - And when they were unable to [fn]get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof [fn]above Him; and after digging an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralyzed man was lying.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:5 - And Jesus, seeing their faith, *said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:6 - But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking it over in their hearts,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:7 - “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God alone?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:8 - Immediately Jesus, aware [fn]in His spirit that they were thinking that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you thinking about these things in your hearts?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:9 - “Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10 - “But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—He *said to the paralyzed man,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:11 - “I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet, and go home.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:12 - And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
(Mat 9:9–13; Luk 5:27–32 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:13 -

And He went out again by the seashore; and all the [fn]people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.

Levi (Matthew) Called

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:14 - As He passed by, He saw [fn]Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 -

And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and [fn]sinners were [fn]dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the [fn]sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating with tax collectors and [fn]sinners?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
(Mat 9:14–17; Luk 5:33–39 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18 -

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, [fn]the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:20 - “But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast, on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 -

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, [fn]the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:22 - “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”

Question of the Sabbath

(Mat 12:1–8; Luk 6:1–5 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:23 -

And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:24 - The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:25 - And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:26 - how he entered the house of God in the [fn]time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the [fn]consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:27 - Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath [fn]was made [fn]for man, and not man [fn]for the Sabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:28 - “So the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit bring to
Lit where He was
Lit by
Lit crowd
Also called Matthew
I.e., irreligious Jews
Lit reclining with
I.e., irreligious Jews
I.e., irreligious Jews
Lit sons of the bridal chamber
Lit that which fills up
Or passage about
Lit loaves of presentation
Or came into being
Lit because of; or for the sake of
Lit because of; or for the sake of
*
See the NASB20 Preface for an explanation on the use of the asterisk.
NASB20

New American Standard Bible 2020
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved
https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/

The "NASB," "NAS," "New American Standard Bible," and "New American Standard" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by The Lockman Foundation. Use of these trademarks requires the permission of The Lockman Foundation.

For Permission To Quote visit http://www.lockman.org

For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB20
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB20

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan