And  ¹He entered again into Capernaum after a few days, and it was heard that He was  ²at home.

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door. And He spoke to them the word.

And they came, bringing to Him a  ¹paralytic carried by four men.

And being unable to bring him to Him because of the crowd, they  ¹removed the roof where He was. And when they had dug through, they lowered the  ²mat on which the paralytic was lying.

And Jesus, seeing their  ¹faith, said to the paralytic,  ²Child, your  ³sins are forgiven.

But some of the  ¹scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

Why is this man speaking this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except One,  ¹God?

And immediately Jesus,  ¹knowing fully in His spirit that they were reasoning this way within themselves, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

Which is  ¹easier: to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven, or to say, Rise and take up your mat and walk?

But that you may know that the Son of  ¹Man has authority to forgive sins on earth — He said to the paralytic,

To you I say,  ¹Rise, take up your mat and go to your house.

And he  ¹rose and immediately  ²took up the mat and  ³went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, We have never seen anything like this!

And He went out again beside the sea. And all the crowd came to Him, and He  ¹taught them.

 ¹And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the  ²tax office, and He said to him, Follow Me. And he rose and  ³followed Him.

And as He reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining together with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many, and they were following Him.

And the  ¹scribes of the Pharisees, seeing that He ate with sinners and tax collectors, said to His disciples, Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?

And when Jesus heard this, He said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a  ¹physician, but those who are ill; I did not come to call the righteous, but  ²sinners.

 ¹And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to Him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bridechamber cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? For as long a time as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

No one sews a patch of unfulled cloth on an old garment; otherwise, that which fills it up pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine is ruined as well as the wineskins; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins.

 ¹And He passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to go along, picking the ears of grain.

And the  ¹Pharisees said to Him, Look! Why are they doing on the Sabbath what is not lawful?

And He said to them, Have you never read what  ¹David did when he had need and became hungry, he and those with him;

How he entered into the house of God during the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presence, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?

And He said to them, The Sabbath came into being for man, and  ¹not man for the Sabbath.

So then the Son of Man is  ¹Lord even of the Sabbath.

 ¹And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

And they were watching Him closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.

And He said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise and stand in the midst.

And He said to them, Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to  ¹save  ²life or to kill? But they remained silent.

And looking around at them with  ¹anger and being greatly grieved with the hardness of their heart, He said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was  ²restored.

And the  ¹Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against Him as to how they might destroy Him.

Then Jehovah  ¹spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am Jehovah your God.

You shall not do as they do in the land of  ¹Egypt, in which you dwelt; and you shall not do as they do in the land of  ¹Canaan, where I am bringing you, nor shall you walk in their statutes.

You shall observe My  ¹ordinances, and you shall keep My  ¹statutes to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God.

So you shall keep My statutes and My ordinances, by which, if a man does them, he will  ¹live; I am Jehovah.

None of you shall approach to any of  ¹his close relatives to uncover their nakedness; I am Jehovah.

The nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother, you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover; it is your father's nakedness.

The nakedness of your sister, your father's daughter, or your mother's daughter, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

The nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is your own nakedness.

The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten of your father — she is your sister — you shall not uncover her nakedness.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's flesh.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's flesh.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are her flesh; it is wickedness.

And you shall not take a woman as wife in addition to her sister, as a rival to uncover her nakedness while she is alive.

And you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.

And you shall not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow countryman to become defiled with her.

And you shall not give any of your offspring to pass through the fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God; I am Jehovah.

You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination.

And you shall not lie with any beast to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it; it is confusion.

Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have defiled themselves.

Because the land has become defiled, I  ¹visited its iniquity upon it, and the land  ²vomited out its inhabitants.

You therefore shall keep My statutes and My ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native nor the sojourner who sojourns among you

(For the men of the land who were before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled);

That the land does not vomit you out when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation which was before you.

For all who do any of these abominations, those persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.

Therefore you shall keep My charge, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and you do not defile yourselves by them; I am Jehovah your God.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be  ¹holy, for I, Jehovah your God, am holy.

Each one of you shall fear his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am Jehovah your God.

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Jehovah your God.

And when you offer a sacrifice of  ¹peace offerings to Jehovah, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

It shall be eaten on the  ¹day you sacrifice it, or on the next day, but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire.

But if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it will not be accepted.

And whoever eats it will bear his own iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to Jehovah; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

And when you  ¹reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleaning of your harvest.

And you shall not glean your vineyard nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I am Jehovah your God.

You shall not steal; neither shall you deceive nor deal falsely with one another.

And you shall not swear falsely by My name, thus profaning the name of your God; I am Jehovah.

You shall not oppress your neighbor nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

You shall not curse the deaf nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God; I am Jehovah.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; you shall not respect the person of the poor nor honor the person of the great, but in righteousness you shall judge your fellow countryman.

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, nor shall you  ¹profit by the blood of your neighbor; I am Jehovah.

You shall not hate your brother in your heart; but you shall surely reprove your fellow countryman, so that you do not bring sin upon yourself because of him.

You shall not take vengeance nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am Jehovah.

You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your  ¹cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of  ¹seed, nor shall a  ¹garment made of two kinds of material come upon you.

And if a man lies down and has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but not at all redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be an inquiry; they shall not be put to death, because she was not freed.

And he shall bring his trespass offering to Jehovah, to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, a ram for a trespass offering.

And the priest shall make expiation for him before Jehovah with the ram of the trespass offering for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.

And when you come into the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as  ¹unharvestable. Three years it shall be  ¹unharvestable to you; it shall not be eaten.

But in the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Jehovah.

And in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that their produce may increase for you; I am Jehovah your God.

You shall not eat anything with blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.

You shall not round the corners of your heads, nor shall you mar the edges of your beard.

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor inscribe any marks upon you; I am Jehovah.

Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land does not fall to harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.

You shall keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am Jehovah.

Do not turn to mediums or to spiritists; do not seek after them to be defiled by them; I am Jehovah your God.

You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the face of the old man. And you shall fear your God; I am Jehovah.

And if a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

The sojourner who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

And you shall observe all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am Jehovah.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Moreover you shall say to the children of Israel, Anyone of the children of Israel or of the sojourners who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people because he has given one of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes from that man when he gives some of his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,

Then I will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people him and all who prostitute themselves after him, to prostitute themselves after Molech.

And the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists to prostitute himself after them, I will even set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be  ¹holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

And you shall keep My statutes and do them; I am Jehovah who sanctifies you.

If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.

If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even one who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

If there is a man who lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have brought about confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

If there is a man who lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

If there is a man who takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burnt with fire, both he and they, that there be no wickedness among you.

If there is a man who lies with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall slaughter the beast.

If there is a woman who approaches any beast to lie down with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast. They shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

If there is a man who takes his sister, his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a reproach, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

If there is a man who lies with a woman having her sickness, and he uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister nor of your father's sister, for he has made naked his flesh; they shall bear their iniquity.

If there is a man who lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

If there is a man who takes his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land into which I am bringing you to dwell in does not  ¹vomit you out.

And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am about to send away before you. Because they did all these things, so I abhorred them.

But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a  ¹land flowing with milk and honey. I am Jehovah your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

You shall therefore make a distinction between the  ¹clean beast and the  ¹unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean, and you shall not make your souls abominable by any beast or by any bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.

And you shall be holy to Me, because I Jehovah am holy, and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

If there is a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist, they shall surely be put to death. They shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.