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And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
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And it came to pass on a certain
day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were
come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was
present
to heal them.
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And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought
means
to bring him in, and to lay
him
before him.
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And when they could not find by what
way
they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down
through the tiling with
his
couch into the midst before Jesus.
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And when he saw their faith, he
said unto him,
Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,
saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
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But
when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them,
What reason ye in your hearts?
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Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
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But that ye
may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins,
(he said unto the sick of the
palsy,)
I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
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And immediately
he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying
God.
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And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We
have seen strange things to day.
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And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt
of custom: and he said unto him,
Follow me.
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And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
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And
Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of
others that sat down with them.
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But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples,
saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
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And Jesus answering said unto
them,
They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
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I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and
likewise
the disciples
of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
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And he said unto them,
Can ye
make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
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But the days
will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those
days.
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And he spake also a parable unto them;
No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an
old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was
taken
out of the new
agreeth not with the old.
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And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will
burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
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But new wine must be put into new
bottles; and both are preserved.
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No man also having drunk old
wine
straightway desireth new:
for he saith, The old is better.
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