Mark 2:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

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  • Luke 5:18-26 : 18 And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus. 19 And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus. 20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins. 21 And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only? 22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go? 24 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house. 25 And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God. 26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.
  • Matt 9:1-8 : 1 And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town. 2 And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins. 3 And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God. 4 And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil? 5 For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go? 6 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house. 7 And he got up and went away to his house. 8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 2:4-5
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    89%

    4And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

    5And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

  • Luke 5:17-20
    4 verses
    89%

    17And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

    18And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

    19And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

    20And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.

  • Matt 9:2
    82%

    2And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

  • Matt 8:6-7
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    6Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

    7And he said to him, I will come and make him well.

  • Matt 4:23-25
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    23And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

    24And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

    25And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

  • Mark 2:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

    10But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

    11I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.

    12And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.

  • Matt 15:30-31
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    30And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

    31So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

  • Luke 5:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

    25And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

  • Matt 9:6
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    6But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

  • Luke 4:40
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    40And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well.

  • Mark 6:55
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    55And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.

  • Mark 2:2
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    2And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

  • Acts 5:15-16
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    72%

    15And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

    16And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

  • Mark 7:32
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    32And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

  • Mark 1:32-33
    2 verses
    72%

    32And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.

    33And all the town had come together at the door.

  • Matt 8:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

    17So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

  • Matt 17:16
    71%

    16And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

  • Luke 14:2
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    2And a certain man was there who had a disease.

  • Acts 9:33
    71%

    33And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.

  • Matt 17:14
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    14And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

  • Mark 3:10
    70%

    10For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

  • John 5:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.

    9And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

  • Acts 4:22
    70%

    22For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

  • Acts 3:2
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    2And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

  • Luke 14:4
    70%

    4But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.

  • Acts 14:8
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    8And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

  • Mark 8:22
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    22And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

  • Matt 14:35
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    35And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,

  • Mark 1:29
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    29And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

  • Acts 4:9
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    9If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

  • Matt 21:14
    69%

    14And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.

  • John 5:3
    69%

    3In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.

  • Luke 5:15
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    15But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

  • John 5:12
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    12Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?