Mark 2:1,2
HEALING THE PALSIED MAN. The return to Capernaum:... [ Continue Reading ]
HEALING THE PALSIED MAN. The return to Capernaum:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AGAIN HE ENTERED INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; AND IT WAS NOISED THAT HE WAS IN THE HOUSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND STRAIGHTWAY MANY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, INSOMUCH THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM TO RECEIVE THEM, NO, NOT SO MUCH AS ABOUT THE DOOR; AND HE PREACHED THE WORD UNTO THEM. Mark here omits a large part of the gospel-story which the other evangelists relate, in harmony with his purpose to stress the miracles... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY COME UNTO HIM, BRINGING ONE SICK OF THE PALSY, WHICH WAS BORNE OF FOUR.... [ Continue Reading ]
The palsied man:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THEY COULD NOT COME NIGH UNTO HIM FOR THE PRESS, THEY UNCOVERED THE ROOF WHERE HE WAS; AND WHEN THEY HAD BROKEN IT UP, THEY LET DOWN THE BED WHEREIN THE SICK OF THE PALSY LAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH, HE SAID UNTO THE SICK OF THE PALSY, SON, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE. While Jesus was in the house, and the conditions were such that hardly another person could be wedged in between the crowd, there came men that brought or carried a paralytic man. So severe was the sickne... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THERE WERE CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES SITTING THERE, AND REASONING IN THEIR HEARTS,... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ's defense against the scribes:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY DOTH THIS MAN THUS SPEAK BLASPHEMIES? WHO CAN FORGIVE SINS BUT GOD ONLY!'... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IMMEDIATELY WHEN JESUS PERCEIVED IN HIS SPIRIT THAT THEY SO REASONED WITHIN THEMSELVES, HE SAID UNTO THEM, WHY REASON YE THESE THINGS IN YOUR HEARTS!' v.. WHETHER IS IT EASIER TO SAY TO THE SICK OF THE PALSY, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE, OR TO SAY, ARISE, AND TAKE UP THY BED, AND WALK!'... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HATH POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS, (HE SAITH TO THE SICK OF THE PALSY,)... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAY UNTO THEE, ARISE, AND TAKE UP THY BED, AND GO THY WAY INTO THINE HOUSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IMMEDIATELY HE AROSE, 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. The leaders of the Jews had watched developments in Galilee with apprehension for some time. The simple assurance of this new tea... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE WENT FORTH AGAIN BY THE SEASIDE; AND ALL THE MULTITUDE RESORTED UNTO HIM, AND HE TAUGHT THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CALLING OF LEVI AND THE DINNER AT HIS HOUSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS HE PASSED BY, HE SAW LEVI, THE SON OF ALPHAEUS, SITTING AT THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, FOLLOW ME. AND HE AROSE AND FOLLOWED HIM. The encounter with the scribes in no way diminishes the zeal of the Lord for the proclamation of the Gospel and for the performance of all the duties... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, AS JESUS SAT AT MEAT IN HIS HOUSE, MANY PUBLICANS AND SINNERS SAT ALSO TOGETHER WITH JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES; FOR THERE WERE MANY, AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM... [ Continue Reading ]
The reception and dinner:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SAW HIM EAT WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, THEY SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, HOW IS IT THAT HE EATETH AND DRINKETH WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS?... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN JESUS HEARD IT, HE SAITH UNTO THEM, THEY THAT ARE WHOLE HAVE NO NEED OF THE 'PHYSICIAN, BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK: I CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS TO REPENTANCE. Matthew was duly elated and thankful to the Lord, as a newly converted person is apt to be. In his joy he caused an elabor... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN AND OF THE PHARISEES USED TO FAST; AND THEY COME AND SAY UNTO HIM, WHY DO THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN AND OF THE PHARISEES FAST, BUT THY DISCIPLES FAST NOT?... [ Continue Reading ]
A question of fasting:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, CAN THE CHILDREN OF THE BRIDE CHAMBER FAST WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM IS WITH THEM? AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE BRIDEGROOM WITH THEM, THEY CANNOT FAST.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE DAYS WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, AND THEN SHALL THEY FAST IN THOSE DAYS. The disciples of John, after the rigorousness of their master, were inclined to be very severe in the mortification of their flesh. They may not have done so with the belief that they we... [ Continue Reading ]
Two parables to emphasize His meaning:... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN ALSO SEWETH A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH ON AN OLD GARMENT; ELSE THE NEW PIECE THAT FILLED IT UP TAKETH AWAY FROM THE OLD, AND THE RENT IS MADE WORSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NO MAN PUTTETH NEW WINE INTO OLD BOTTLES; ELSE THE NEW WINE DOTH BURST THE BOTTLES, AND THE WINE IS SPILLED, AND THE BOTTLES WILL BE MARRED; BUT NEW WINE MUST BE PUT INTO NEW BOTTLES. Here a matter of common experience is applied to the case in hand. To sew a patch of new cloth upon an old garme... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT HE WENT THROUGH THE CORN-FIELDS ON THE SABBATH DAY; AND HIS DISCIPLES BEGAN, AS THEY WENT, TO PLUCK THE EARS OF CORN.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF THE SABBATH. Mark 2:23... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PHARISEES SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD, WHY DO THEY ON THE SABBATH-DAY THAT WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, HAVE YE NEVER READ WHAT DAVID DID WHEN HE HAD NEED, AND WAS AN HUNGERED, HE, AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM,... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD IN THE DAYS OF ABIATHAR, THE HIGH PRIEST, AND DID EAT THE SHOWBREAD, WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL TO EAT BUT FOR THE PRIESTS, AND GAVE ALSO TO THEM WHICH WERE WITH HIM?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN, AND NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH;... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE THE SON OF MAN IS LORD ALSO OF THE SABBATH The Pharisees did not abate their jealous, hawk-like watch over Jesus and His disciples for one minute. And the Lord, on His part, in no way attempted to escape from them. The lessons which He wished to convey to them would be brought out all the... [ Continue Reading ]