Mark 2:3–12

³Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, ^ccarried by four men. ⁴Since they were not able to bring him to ^dJesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

⁵Seeing their faith, ^eJesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins ^fare forgiven.” ^g

⁶But some of the scribes ^hwere sitting there, thinking ⁱto themselves: ^j7“Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! ^kWho can forgive ^lsins ^mbut God alone?” ⁿ

⁸Right away ^oJesus understood in His spirit ^pthat they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? ^q9Which is easier: ^rto say to the paralytic, ^s‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? ^t10But so you may know that the ^•Son of Man ^uhas authority ^von earth to forgive sins,” ^wHe told the paralytic, ¹¹“I tell you: get up, ^xpick up your mat, and go home.”

¹²Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded ^yand gave glory ^zto God, ^asaying, “We have never seen anything like this!” ^b