Luke 5:17-6:11

English Standard Version

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

¹⁷ On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and ^(A)teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And ^(B)the power of the Lord was with him to heal.^{[a] 18 (C)}And behold, some men were bringing ^(D)on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, ¹⁹ but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on ^(E)the roof and let him down with his bed ^(F)through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. ²⁰ And ^(G)when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, ^(H)your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks ^(I)blasphemies? ^(J)Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ²² When Jesus ^(K)perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? ²⁴ But that you may know that ^(L)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” ²⁵ And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, ^(M)glorifying God. ²⁶ And amazement seized them all, and they ^(N)glorified God and were filled ^(O)with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”

Jesus Calls Levi

^27 (P)After this he went out and saw ^(Q)a tax collector named ^(R)Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” ²⁸ And ^(S)leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

²⁹ And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company ^(T)of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and ^(U)their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, ^(V)“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” ³¹ And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ^32 (W)I have not come to call the righteous ^(X)but sinners ^(Y)to repentance.”

A Question About Fasting

³³ And they said to him, ^(Z)“The disciples of John ^(AA)fast often and ^(AB)offer prayers, ^(AC)and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, ^(AD)“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? ^35 (AE)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^(AF)then they will fast in those days.” ³⁶ He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. ³⁷ And no one puts new wine into old ^(AG)wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. ³⁸ But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. ³⁹ And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”^[b]

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

6 ^(AH)On a Sabbath,^[c] while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples ^(AI)plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. ² But some of the Pharisees said, ^(AJ)“Why are you doing ^(AK)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” ³ And Jesus answered them, ^(AL)“Have you not read ^(AM)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: ⁴ how he entered the house of God and took and ate ^(AN)the bread of the Presence, ^(AO)which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” ⁵ And he said to them, ^(AP)“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

⁶ On another Sabbath, ^(AQ)he entered the synagogue ^(AR)and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷ And the scribes and the Pharisees ^(AS)watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, ^(AT)so that they might find a reason to accuse him. ⁸ But ^(AU)he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. ⁹ And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, ^(AV)is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰ And ^(AW)after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And ^(AX)he did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹ But they were filled with ^(AY)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.