Luke 5:17-34

¹⁷And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

¹⁸And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

¹⁹And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

²⁰And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.

²¹And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?

²²But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

²³Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

²⁴But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

²⁵And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

²⁶And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

²⁷And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

²⁸And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

²⁹And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

³⁰And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

³¹And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

³²I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

³³And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

³⁴And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?