Returning to Capernaum, Jesus demonstrated His power to forgive sins by
healing a paralytic (1-12). After teaching by the sea, Jesus called Levi
(Matthew) to follow Him and later dined at his house with tax collectors
and sinners (13-17). Jesus is questioned about fasting by disciples of
both John and the Pharisees (18-22), and later challenged by the
Pharisees because His disciples plucked grain to eat on the Sabbath (23-28).
- What are the main points of this chapter?
- Jesus forgives and heals a paralytic - Mk 2:1-12
- The call of Levi (Matthew) and the feast at his house - Mk 2:13-17
- Jesus questioned about fasting and the Sabbath - Mk 2:18-28
- Where did Jesus return following his ministry throughout Galilee? (1)
- To Capernaum, from where He had begun (cf. Mk 1:21)
- How did Jesus demonstrate His power to forgive sins? (9-11)
- By healing a man who was paralyzed
- What was the reaction following the healing of the paralytic? (12)
- All were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything
like this!"
- Who did Jesus call to follow Him? What immediately followed? (14-15)
- Levi, also known as Matthew (cf. Mt 9:9); a feast at Levi's house
- How did Jesus justify eating with tax collectors and sinners? (16-17)
- "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are
sick"
- "I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance"
- What did Jesus teach about His disciples fasting? (19-22)
- The time was not right for them to fast; but the time for fasting
would come
- A time for change was nigh ("New wine must be put in new wineskins")
- What did the disciples of Jesus do that was challenged by the
Pharisees? (23-24)
- They were plucking heads of grain on the Sabbath
- What three arguments did Jesus make in defense of His disciples? (25-28)
- The example of David and his men eating the showbread
- The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
- The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath