1 Christ followed by multitudes,
3 heals one sick of the palsy;
13 calls Matthew from the receipt of custom;
15 eats with Publicans and sinners;
18 excuses his disciples for not fasting;
23 and for plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day.

again. 1:45 Mt 9:1 Lu 5:18

and it. 7:24 Lu 18:35-38 Joh 4:47 Ac 2:6

2 And straightway 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.

straightway. 13 1:33,37,45 4:1,2 Lu 5:17 12:1

and he. 1:14 6:34 Ps 40:9 Mt 5:2 Lu 8:1,11 Ac 8:25 11:19 14:25 16:6 Ro 10:8 2Ti 4:2

3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

bringing. Mt 9:1,2 *etc: Lu 5:18 *etc:

4 And when they could not come nigh 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.

they uncovered. De 22:8 Lu 5:19

5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

saw. Ge 22:12 Joh 2:25 Ac 11:23 14:9 Eph 2:8 1Th 1:3,4 Jas 2:18-22

he said. 9,10 Isa 53:11 Mt 9:2 Lu 5:20 7:47-50 Ac 5:31 2Co 2:10 Col 3:13

Son. The Jews believed that not only death but all disease was the consequence of sin. 'There is no death without sin, nor any chastisement without iniquity;' and that 'no diseased person could be healed of his disease till his sins were blotted out.' Our Lord, therefore, as usual, appeals to their received opinions, and asserts his high dignity, by first forgiving the sins, and then healing the body of the paralytic.

5:34 Mt 9:22 Lu 8:48

sins. Job 33:17-26 Ps 32:1-5 90:7-9 103:3 Isa 38:17 Joh 5:14 1Co 11:30 Jas 5:15

6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

and reasoning. 8:17 Mt 16:7,8 Lu 5:21,22 2Co 10:5 *marg:

7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

speak. 14:64 Mt 9:3 26:65 Joh 10:33,36

who. Job 14:4 Ps 130:4 Isa 43:25 Da 9:9 Mic 7:18 Lu 5:21 7:49 Joh 20:20-23

8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

when. 1Ch 29:17 Mt 9:4 Lu 5:22 6:8 7:39,40 Joh 2:24,25 6:64 21:17 Heb 4:13 Re 2:23

Why. 7:21 Ps 139:2 Pr 15:26 24:9 Isa 55:7 Eze 38:10 Lu 24:38 Ac 5:3 8:22

9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

is it. Mt 9:5 Lu 5:22-25

Thy sins. 5

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,)

Da 7:13,14 Mt 9:6-8 16:13 Joh 5:20-27 Ac 5:31 1Ti 1:13-16

11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.

1:41 Joh 5:8-10 6:63

12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

insomuch. 1:27 Mt 9:8 12:23 Lu 7:16

glorified. Mt 15:31 Lu 5:26 13:13 17:15 Ac 4:21

We never. Mt 9:33 Joh 7:31 9:32

13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.

by. Mt 9:9 13:1

and all. 2 3:7,8,20,21 4:1 Pr 1:20-22 Lu 19:48 21:38

14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

he saw. 3:18 Mt 9:9 Lu 5:27

Alphaeus. 3:18 Lu 6:15 Ac 1:13

receipt of custom. or, place where the custom was received.
Follow me. 1:17-20 Mt 4:19-22

15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

Mt 9:10,11 21:31,32 Lu 5:29,30 6:17 15:1

16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

How. 7 Isa 65:5 Lu 15:2 *etc: Lu 18:11 19:7,10 1Co 2:15 Heb 12:3

publicans. Mt 18:17

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.

They that are whole. Mt 9:12,13 Lu 5:31,32 15:7,29 16:15 Joh 9:34,40

I came. Isa 1:18 55:7 Mt 18:11 Lu 15:10 19:10 Ac 20:21 26:20 Ro 5:6-8,20,21 1Co 6:9-11 1Ti 1:15,16 Tit 2:14 3:3-7

18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

the disciples. Mt 9:14-17 Lu 5:33-39

Why. Mt 6:16,18 23:5 Lu 18:12 Ro 10:3

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.

Can. Ge 29:22 Jud 14:10,11 Ps 45:14 So 6:8 Mt 25:1-10

20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

the bridegroom. Ps 45:11 So 3:11 Isa 54:5 62:5 Joh 3:29 2Co 11:2 Re 19:7 21:9

be taken. Zec 13:7 Mt 26:31 Joh 7:33,34 12:8 13:33 16:7,28 17:11,13 Ac 1:9 3:21

and. Ac 13:2,3 14:23 1Co 7:5 2Co 6:5 11:27

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.

seweth. Ps 103:13-15 Isa 57:16 1Co 10:13

new. or, raw, or, unwrought. Mt 9:16

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

bottles. Jos 9:4,13 Job 32:19 Ps 119:80,83 Mt 9:17 Lu 5:37,38

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.

that. Mt 12:1-8 Lu 6:1-5

to pluck. De 23:24,25

24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

why. 7,16 Mt 7:3-5 15:2,3 23:23,24 Heb 12:3

that. Ex 20:10 31:15 35:2,3 Nu 15:32-36 Ne 13:15-22 Isa 56:2,4,6 Isa 58:13 Jer 17:20-27

25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

Have. 12:20,26 Mt 19:4 21:16,42 22:31 Lu 10:26

what. 1Sa 21:3-6

26 How 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?

Abiathar. It appears from the passage referred to here, that Ahimelech was then high priest at Nob; and from other passages, that Abiathar was his son. Various conjectures have been formed in order to solve this difficulty; and some, instead of untying, have cut the knot, by pronouncing it an interpolation. The most probable opinion seems to be, that both father and son had two names, the father being also called Abiathar; and this appears almost certain from 2Sa 8:17; 1 Ch 18:16, where Ahimelech seems evidently termed Abiathar, while Abiathar is called Ahimelech or Abimelech. (Compare 1 Ki 2:26, 27.)

1Sa 22:20-22 23:6,9 2Sa 8:17 15:24,29,35 20:25 1Ki 1:7 2:22,26,27 4:4

which is not lawful. Ex 29:32,33 Le 24:5-9

27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Ex 23:12 De 5:14 Ne 9:13,14 Isa 58:13 Eze 20:12,20 Lu 6:9 Joh 7:23 1Co 3:21,22 2Co 4:15 Col 2:16

28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

3:4 Mt 12:8 Lu 6:5 13:15,16 Joh 5:9-11,17 9:5-11,14,16 Eph 1:22 Re 1:10