Jesus now returned to Capernaum and preached the word to a large crowd which filled the house to overflowing. There 4 men brought a paralytic to be healed by Jesus, but as they couldn't access him they made an opening in the roof and lowered the man in front of the Lord. Seeing their faith Jesus forgave the paralytic's sin which provoked calls of "blasphemy" from the "teachers of the law". To answer them Jesus proceeded to prove his authority to forgive sins by healing the man, and the man walked out of the house carrying his mat to the amazement of all! Then Jesus called a tax collector called Levi (or Matthew) to follow him and he did so. Jesus had a meal at Levi's house which drew criticism from the Pharisees, but 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". They some people questioned why Jesus' disciples didn't fast when John's and the Pharisees' did. Jesus said that there is no way that the guests of the bridegroom would fast whilst he was with them, but there would be a time when he would be taken away and then they would fast. He said things were changing and "no-one pours new wine into old wineskins". Finally the Pharisees criticized the disciples for having picked corn and eaten it on the sabbath because they were hungry. Jesus said David had done a similar thing under similar circumstances. Jesus said: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath".
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