Mark 2

1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and
ℵB ⟨when he entered again into Capharnaum after some days,⟩
 it was noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway
ℵB omit
 many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing
ℵB ⟨come bringing unto him⟩
 one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh
ℵB ⟨bring him⟩
 unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son
ℵ* ⟨My son⟩
, thy sins be forgiven thee
ℵB omit
.
6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies?
ℵB ⟨thus speak? He blasphemeth.⟩
 who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so
B omit
 reasoned within themselves, he said
ℵB ⟨saith⟩
 unto them
B omit
, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee
ℵB omit
; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and
ℵB ⟨Arise, I say unto thee,⟩
 take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12 And immediately he arose,
ℵB ⟨he arose, and immediately⟩
 took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying,
B omit
 We never saw it on this fashion
ℵ* ⟨It was never so seen in Israel⟩
.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side
ℵ* ⟨they went forth again to the sea⟩
; and all the multitude resorted unto him
ℵ* ⟨them⟩
, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat
ℵB ⟨cometh to pass, that he sitteth⟩
 at meat in his house, many
ℵB ⟨and many⟩
 publicans and sinners sat also
A ⟨came also and sat⟩
 together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
ℵ ⟨there followed him⟩, sentence continues
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat
ℵ ⟨Also scribes of the Pharisees, and when they saw that he was eating⟩; B ⟨And when the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he eateth⟩
 with publicans and sinners
B ⟨sinners and publicans⟩
, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he
ℵ ⟨your master⟩
 eateth and drinketh
ℵB omit
 with publicans and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance
ℵBA omit
.
18 And the disciples of John and of
ℵBA omit
 the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees
ℵB ⟨and the disciples of the Pharisees⟩; A omit
 fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days
ℵBA ⟨that day⟩
.
21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles
ℵB ⟨the wine shall burst them⟩
, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred
B ⟨perisheth, and the bottles⟩
: but new wine must be put
ℵ*B ⟨must be put⟩
 into new bottles.
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful
A ⟨that which is not lawful on the sabbath day⟩
?
25 And he said
ℵ ⟨saith⟩
 unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26 How
B omit
 he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and
A omit
 not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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Mark 3
About the Pointing

The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).