Luke 5:17-39.
Luke 5:17-39 (Good News Translation)
17One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law
were sitting there who had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and
from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present for Jesus to heal the
sick.
18Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a bed, and they
tried to carry him into the house and put him in front of Jesus.
19Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take
him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles,
and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of
Jesus.
20When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man,
“Your sins are forgiven, my friend.”
21The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to say to
themselves,
“Who is this man who speaks such blasphemy! God is the
only one who can forgive sins!”
22Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them,
Why do you think such things?
23Is it easier to say,
“Your sins are forgiven you,” or to say,
“Get up and walk”?
24I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority
on earth to forgive sins.
So he said to the paralyzed man,
“I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”
25At once the man got up in front of them all, took the bed he
had been lying on, and went home, praising God.
26They were all completely amazed! Full of fear, they praised
God, saying,
“What marvelous things we have seen today!”
27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named
Levi, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him,
“Follow me.”
28Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.
29Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among
the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.
30Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to
their group complained to Jesus' disciples.
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other
outcasts?” they asked.
31Jesus answered them,
People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are
sick.
32I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but
outcasts.
33Some people said to Jesus,
“The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers,
and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but your disciples eat and
drink.”
34Jesus answered,
Do you think you can make the guests at a wedding party go
without food as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not!
35But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
from them, and then they will fast.
36Jesus also told them this parable:
You don't tear a piece off a new coat to patch up an old coat.
If you do, you will have torn the new coat, and the piece of new cloth
will not match the old.
37Nor do you pour new wine into used wineskins, because the new
wine will burst the skins, the wine will pour out, and the skins will be
ruined.
38Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins!
39And you don't want new wine after drinking old wine.
“The old is better,” you say.
17One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law
were sitting there who had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and
from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present for Jesus to heal the
sick.
18Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a bed, and they
tried to carry him into the house and put him in front of Jesus.
19Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take
him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles,
and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of
Jesus.
20When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man,
“Your sins are forgiven, my friend.”
21The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to say to
themselves,
“Who is this man who speaks such blasphemy! God is the
only one who can forgive sins!”
22Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them,
Why do you think such things?
23Is it easier to say,
“Your sins are forgiven you,” or to say,
“Get up and walk”?
24I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority
on earth to forgive sins.
So he said to the paralyzed man,
“I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”
25At once the man got up in front of them all, took the bed he
had been lying on, and went home, praising God.
26They were all completely amazed! Full of fear, they praised
God, saying,
“What marvelous things we have seen today!”
27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named
Levi, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him,
“Follow me.”
28Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.
29Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among
the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.
30Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to
their group complained to Jesus' disciples.
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other
outcasts?” they asked.
31Jesus answered them,
People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are
sick.
32I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but
outcasts.
33Some people said to Jesus,
“The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers,
and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but your disciples eat and
drink.”
34Jesus answered,
Do you think you can make the guests at a wedding party go
without food as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not!
35But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
from them, and then they will fast.
36Jesus also told them this parable:
You don't tear a piece off a new coat to patch up an old coat.
If you do, you will have torn the new coat, and the piece of new cloth
will not match the old.
37Nor do you pour new wine into used wineskins, because the new
wine will burst the skins, the wine will pour out, and the skins will be
ruined.
38Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins!
39And you don't want new wine after drinking old wine.
“The old is better,” you say.
God bless you.
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