Luke 5:17-34

¹⁷And it was done in one of the days, he sat, and taught; and there were Pharisees sitting, and doctors of the law, that came of each castle of Galilee, and of Judea, and of Jerusalem; and the virtue of the Lord was to heal sick men. (And it was done on one of the days, he sat, and taught; and there were Pharisees, and teachers of the Law, sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was there to heal the sick.)

¹⁸And lo! men bare in a bed a man that was sick in the palsy or a man that was sick in palsy, (or And behold! men brought in a bed a man who was sick with palsy), and they sought to bear him in, and set (him) before him.

¹⁹And they found not in what part they should bear him in, for the (crowd of) people, and (so) they went upon the roof, and by the slates they let him down with the bed, into the midst, before Jesus.

²⁰And when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said, Man, thy sins be forgiven to thee.

²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to think, saying, Who is this, that speaketh blasphemies? who may forgive sins, no but God alone?

²²And as Jesus knew the thoughts of them, he answered, and said to them, What think ye evil things in your hearts? (or Why do ye think evil things in your hearts?)

²³What is lighter (or is easier) to say, Sins be forgiven to thee, or to say, Rise up, and walk?

²⁴But that ye know, that man’s Son hath power in earth to forgive sins, he said to the sick man in palsy, (or But so that ye know, that man’s Son hath power on the earth to forgive sins, he said to the man sick with palsy), I say to thee, rise up, take thy bed, and go into thine house.

²⁵And anon he rose up before them (or And at once he got up in front of them), and took the bed in which he lay, and went into his house, and magnified God.

²⁶And great wonder took all, and they magnified God; and they were full-filled with great dread, or and they were filled with great dread, (or and they were filled with much fearful reverence), and said, For we have seen marvelous things today.

²⁷And after these things Jesus went out, and saw a publican, Levi by name, sitting at the tollbooth. And he said to him, (Pur)Sue thou me; (And after these things Jesus went out, and saw a tax-collector, named Levi, sitting at the tollbooth. And he said to him, Follow me;)

²⁸and when he had left all (his) things, he rose up, and (pur)sued him (or and followed him).

²⁹And Levi made to him a great feast in his house; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others that were with them, sitting at the meat. (And Levi made a great feast for him in his house; and there was a great group of tax-collectors, and others who were with them, sitting at the meal.)

³⁰And the Pharisees and the scribes of them grudged, and said to his disciples, Why eat ye and drink with publicans, and sinful men? (And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled, and said to his disciples, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-collectors, and sinners?)

³¹And Jesus answered, and said to them, They that be whole have no need to a leech, (or Those who be whole, or be well, have no need for a physician), but (rather) they that be sick or but they that have evil;

³²for I came not to call just men, but sinful men to penance. (for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.)

³³And they said to him, Why (do) the disciples of John fast oft, and make prayers, also and of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

³⁴To whom he said, Whether ye may make the sons of the spouse to fast, while the spouse is with them? (To whom he said, Can ye make the sons of the spouse to fast, while the spouse is still with them?)