Mark 3:1-6

1 Again, Jesus entered the synagogue. A man, who had a paralyzed hand, was there;

2 and some people watched Jesus: would he heal the man on the Sabbath? If he did, they could accuse him.

3 Jesus said to the man with the paralyzed hand, “Stand here, in the center.”

4 Then he asked them, “What does the law allow us to do on the Sabbath? To do good or to do harm? To save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

5 Then Jesus looked around at them with anger and deep sadness at their hardness of heart. And he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was healed.

6 As soon as the Pharisees left, they met with Herod’s supporters, looking for a way to destroy Jesus.

Mark 2:13-17

13 When Jesus went out again, be - side the lake, a crowd came to him, and he taught them.

14 As he walked along, he saw a tax collector sitting in his office. This was Levi, the son of Alpheus. Jesus said to him, “Follow me!” And Levi got up and followed him.

15 And it so happened that, when Jesus was eating in Levi’s house, tax collectors and sinners sat with him and his disciples; there were a lot of them, and they used to follow Jesus.

16 But Pharisees, men educated in the law, when they saw Jesus eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does your master eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

17 Jesus heard them, and answered, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but sick people do. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 2:23-28

23 One Sabbath he was walking through grain fields. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the heads of grain and crush them in their hands.

24 Then the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look! They are doing what is forbidden on the Sabbath!”

25 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did in his time of need; when he and his men were very hungry?

26 He went into the House of God, when Abiathar was High Priest, and ate; the bread of offering, which only the priests are allowed to eat, and he also gave some to the men who were with him.”

27 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

28 So the Son of Man is master even of the Sabbath.”

Mark 2:1-12

1 After some days, Jesus returned to Capernaum. As the news spread that he was in the house,

2 so many people gathered, that there was no longer room even outside the door. While Jesus was preaching the word to them,

3 some people brought to him a paralyzed man.

4 The four men who carried him couldn’t get near Jesus because of the crowd, so they opened the roof above the room where Jesus was and, through the hole, lowered the man on his mat.

5 When Jesus saw the faith of these people, he said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven.”

6 Now, some teachers of the law, who were sitting there, wondered with - in themselves,

7 “How can he speak like this, insulting God? Who can forgive sins except God?”

8 At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were thinking, and asked, “Why do you wonder?

9 Is it easier to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your mat and walk?’

10 But now you shall know, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” And he said to the paralytic,

11 “Stand up, take up your mat and go home.”

12 The man rose and, in the sight of all those people, he took up his mat and went out. All of them were astonished and praised God, saying, “Never have we seen anything like this!”

Mark 2:18-22

18 One day, when the Pharisees and the disciples of John the Baptist were fasting, some people asked Jesus, “Why is it, that both the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast, but yours do not?”

19 Jesus answered, “How can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 But the day will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

21 No one sews a piece of new cloth on an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear away from the old cloth, making a worse tear.

22 And no one puts new wine into old wine skins, for the wine would burst the skins, and then both the wine and the skins would be lost. But new wine, new skins!”

Mark 1:40-45

40 A leper came to Jesus and begged him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

41 Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do want to; be clean.”

42 The leprosy left the man at once and he was made clean.

43 As Jesus sent the man away, he sternly warned him,

44 “Don’t tell anyone about this, but go and show yourself to the priest; and for the cleansing, bring the offering ordered by Moses; in this way, you will give to them your testimony.”

45 However, as soon as the man went out, he began spreading the news everywhere, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter any town. But even though he stayed in the rural areas, people came to him from everywhere.

John 1:29-34

29 The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30 It is he of whom I said: A man comes after me, who is already ahead of me, for he was before me.

31 I myself did not know him, but I came baptizing to prepare for him, so that he might be revealed in Israel.”

32 And John also gave this testimony, “I saw the Spirit coming down on him, like a dove from heaven, and resting on him.

33 I myself did not know him, but God, who sent me to baptize, told me, ‘You will see the Spirit coming down, and resting on the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

34 Yes, I have seen! And I declare that this is the Chosen One of God!”

Mark 1:29-39

29 On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to the home of Simon and An drew, with James and John.

30 As Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever, they immediately told him about her.

31 Jesus went to her and, taking her by the hand, raised her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.

32 That evening, at sundown, people brought to Jesus all the sick and those who had evil spirits:

33 the whole town was pressing around the door.

34 Jesus healed many who had various diseases, and drove out many demons; but he did not let them speak, for they knew who he was.

35 Very early in the morning, before daylight, Jesus went off to a lonely place where he prayed.

36 Simon and the others went out also, searching for him;

37 and when they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”

38 Then Jesus answered, “Let us go to the nearby villages so that I may preach there too; for that is why I came.”

39 So Jesus set out to preach in all the synagogues throughout Galilee; he also cast out demons.

Mark 3:7-12

7 Jesus and his disciples withdrew to the lakeside, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him. A great number of people also came from Judea,

8 Jerusalem, Idumea, Transjordan, and from the region of Tyre and Sidon, for they had heard of all that he was doing.

9 Because of the crowd, Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him, to prevent the people from crushing him.

10 He healed so many, that all who had diseases kept pressing toward him to touch him.

11 Even the people who had evil spirits, whenever they saw him, they would fall down before him and cry out, “You are the Son of God.”

12 But he warned them sternly not to tell anyone who he was.

Mark 1:21-28

21 They went into the town of Capernaum and Jesus taught in the synagogue on the Sabbath day.

22 The people were astonished at the way he taught, for he spoke as one having authority, and not like the teachers of the law. 

23 It happened that, a man with an evil spirit was in their synagogue,

24 and he shouted, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: you are the Holy One of God.”

25 Then Jesus faced him and said with authority, “Be silent, and come out of this man!”

26 The evil spirit shook the man violently and, with a loud shriek, came out of him.

27 All the people were astonished, and they wondered, “What is this? With what authority he preaches! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him!”

28 And Jesus’ fame spread throughout all the country of Galilee.