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Jesus An One Guy Dat No Can Move

Afta couple days, Jesus wen go back Capernaum wea he wen stay befo. Da peopo wen hear dat Jesus stay home now. So, plenny peopo wen come togedda an neva have room. No can even go near da door. An Jesus teach um.

Some guys wen come by Jesus. Four a dem wen carry one guy dat no can move. Get so plenny peopo, dey no can bring him near Jesus. So dey wen go up on top da flat roof, an make one big puka inside da roof, right ova da place wea Jesus stay. Dey put da guy on top his mat an put um down real slow in front Jesus. Wen Jesus see dat, he wen tink, “Eh, wow! Dis guys trus me fo real kine, dat I goin make dea friend come good!” Den he tell da guy, “Eh, my boy, you know all da bad kine stuff you wen do befo? I tell you now, da shame from all dat, pau awready!”

But get some teacha guys dea dat teach Godʼs Rules. Dey stay tinking, “Eh! Who dis guy tink he is fo talk lidat! He talking stink bout God! Ony God can let da guy go an hemo da shame from da bad kine stuff!”

But right den Jesus wen know inside wat dey tinking. He say, “How come you guys tinking bad kine stuff lidat? I da Guy Dass Fo Real, an I like show proof you guys, dat I get da right inside dis world, fo let da peopo go an hemo da shame dey get fo da bad kine stuff dey wen do. But, easy fo talk bout throwing out da shame -- anybody can talk lidat. But not easy fo do um. Same ting, easy fo tell one guy dat no can move, ‘Eh, stand up an move aroun!’ -- anybody can talk lidat. But not easy fo do um. But now, I goin show proof you guys -- I goin make dis sick guy make strong.”

Dass why he tell da guy, 11 “Eh, get up! Take yoa mat an go home awready!”

12 So da guy wen get up, pick up da mat an go outside in front all dem. Dat wen blow dea minds big time. Dey say, “Dis unreal! Dis neva happen befo. Dis God, he awesome!”

Jesus Tell Levi Come Wit Him An Be His Guy

13 Jesus wen go by da lake. Plenny peopo come by him, an he wen teach um. 14 He was walking, an he wen spock Levi. (Leviʼs fadda name Alfeus.) Levi stay by da tax place collecting money fo da govermen. Jesus tell him, “Eh! Come wit me! Be my guy!” Levi get up, an go wit him.

15 Jesus wen go Leviʼs house fo eat. Had plenny guys dat collect money fo tax fo da govermen an odda guys dat get bad name jalike dem, dat like hang out wit Jesus. Dey all dea, eating wit Jesus an his guys.

16 Had some Pharisee guys dea dat teach Godʼs Rules. Dey see Jesus dea eating wit all da tax guys an odda kine peopo dat get bad name jalike dem. So, dey aks Jesus guys, “Eh, yoa teacha, how come he eating wit da tax guys an odda kine peopo dat get bad name?”

17 Jesus wen hear dat, an he tell dem, “Da peopo dat not sick, dey no need docta, ony da sick guys need. Me, I neva come fo tell da good kine peopo fo come by me fo be my guys, but da peopo dat get bad name.”

How Come Jesus Guys No Skip Food So Dey Can Pray?

18 Now, Johnʼs guys an da Phariseeʼs guys was skipping food so dey can pray. Some peopo come aks Jesus, “How come John Da Baptizaʼs guys an da Pharisee guys skip food so dey can pray, but da guys you teaching, dey no skip food, but still yet dey can pray?”

19 Jesus tell dem, “Wat you tink? You go one wedding an skip food, wen da guy dat getting married stay dea? Nah! 20 Bumbye, da time goin come wen dey goin take away da guy dat getting married. An den, dass wen his friends goin skip food.

Da Old Kine Teaching An Da New Kine Teaching

21 “Fo fix up one old puka clothes, you no goin take one new piece cloth dat no shrink yet fo cover da puka. You go do dat, den wen you wash um, da new piece goin shrink plenny an make one mo bigga puka, an you make da old clothes mo worse.

22 An same ting, you no put grape juice fo make wine inside one old kine leather bag, an close um fo let um ferment. You do dat, da new wine goin come mo big an bus da wine bag, an da wine goin spill out. Da old leather no good no moa. Mo betta, you put new wine inside new kine leather bag.”

Dey Give Jesus Hard Time Bout Da Rest Day

23 Anodda time was da Jewish Rest Day. Jesus an his guys walk thru da wheat fields. Da guys pick litto bit wheat fo eat. 24 But had Pharisee guys ova dea dat wen tell Jesus, “Hala! Dese guys, you teaching dem, but still yet dey stay doing da kine stuff dey not suppose to on da Rest Day!”

25 Jesus tell um, “Wot! You guys neva read inside da Bible wat David wen do wen him an his guys was hungry? 26 Wen Abiatar was da Head Priest, David go inside Godʼs house an eat da bread dass spesho fo God. But no can do dat kine, cuz Godʼs Rules say dat ony da priest guys can eat dat bread. But David, he give um to his guys too, an nobody say notting.”

27 Den Jesus wen tell, “You know, God neva make da peopo fo da Rest Day. He make da Rest Day fo da peopo. 28 Dass why I da One dat get da right fo say wat can do da Rest Day, cuz I da Guy Dass Fo Real.”

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man(A)

A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers(B) that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,(C) carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”(D)

Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”(E)

Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man(F) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God,(G) saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”(H)

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners(I)

13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him,(J) and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,”(K) Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees(L) saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”(M)

17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(N)

Jesus Questioned About Fasting(O)

18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.(P) Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”

19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them,(Q) and on that day they will fast.

21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(R)(S)

23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.(T) 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”(U)

25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest,(V) he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat.(W) And he also gave some to his companions.”(X)

27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,(Y) not man for the Sabbath.(Z) 28 So the Son of Man(AA) is Lord even of the Sabbath.”