Mark - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1085

MARK. of them all ; so that allwerc in ecstasy, the Pharisees were fasting, they came nobody pours new wine into old wine- Ely: @im:zr·i¤h1z ialk. He afterwards went out again by

the lake ; and all the crowd coming to Him, He taught them. And as He was passing along, He noticed Levi, son of Alphmus, sitting at the custom- Follow S0 starting up, he followed Him. And it transpired that when He reclined in his house, many tax- farrners and sinners reclined with jesus and His disciples; for they were many who followed Him. But the professors and Pharisees, seeing Him eating with the tax-farmers and reprobates, said to His disciples, ‘Why does He eat and drink in this way with tax·farmers and black- guards? jesus, on hearing this, answered

The healthy have no need of a physician; but those who are sick. I have not come to cali the righteous, but the sinners. And when the disciples ofjohn and

What is the reason why the disciples of john and those of the Pharisees fast, but Your dis- ciples donot fast? ‘ Can the groomsmen fast while the

asked During the time they have the Bridegroom with them they must not fast; but a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they can fast in those days. No one new felt; but should this be done, the new patch would tear itself from the

23 Once as He was proceeding through His disciples, while walking along,

i exclaimed the Pharisees the cornfields on the Sabbath day, began plucking the ears of corn.

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his rug, he went out in the presence We have never seen anything like this I GI): Eel! nf £Intil32i¤ :6 18 20 21 22 patchesan old cloak with a piece of old, and make a worse rent. And skins; but if done, the new wine would burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins would be wasted. On the contrary, new wine must be put into new skins! 3 Wallin ibrmtgl; ilu ®¤rufi21bs. how they are doing on the Sabbath what is not allowable. replied He, 25 ‘ what David did when he hadneed, _and was hungry, he as well as those who were with him? How, during the 26 time that Abiathar was High Priest, he entered the house of God, and ate the shew-bread··-which was permitted to be eaten by none but the priests- givin g also to those who accompanied im ? came

for the sake of man; not man for the purpose of the Sabbath ; so that the Son of Man is also Master of the Sabbath? ZX Tliliitlynrzh §mth Rzsinrzh.

He entered the synagogue on

another occasion; and there was a man who had his hand paralyzed. They accordingly watched Him, to see if He- would cure him on the Sabbath day, in order that they might inform against Him. He then told the man who had the withered hand and of them He Is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath, or to do harm? to But they kept silent. Then looking round upon them with

indignation, being grieved at the stupidity of their hearts, He said to Extend your hand i ’ He accordingly extended it; and

his hand was restored to its natural condition. The Pharisees then went out, and

at once held a consultation with the Herodians against Him, as to how they could destroy Him. 2\t the Enix:-nih:. jesus, however, withdrew with His

disciples tothe lake, and agreat crowd followed Him from Galilee ; and others from judea, from jerusalem, from Idumaea, and from the other side ofthe jordan , as well as from the neighbour- hood of Tyre and Sidon~—an immense crowd-·came to Him, having heard all that He had done. And on account of the crowd, He asked His disciples to get a little boat ready for Him, so as to be clear of the crush; for He cured many: and as many as were sufferers threw themselves upon Him in their endeavour to touch Him. And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell before Him, and yelled, io85 28 IO II