Luke 5:18–26

¹⁸Some men came carrying a paralysed man on a bed, and they tried to take him into the house and put him in front of Jesus. ¹⁹Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus. ²⁰When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven, my friend.” ²¹The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks such blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”

²²Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Why do you think such things? ²³Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralysed man, “I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”

²⁵At once the man got up in front of them all, took the bed he had been lying on, and went home, praising God. ²⁶They were all completely amazed! Full of fear, they praised God, saying, “What marvellous things we have seen today!”