Mark 2:3–12

³And they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. ⁴And when^* they were not able to bring him^* to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. And after^* digging through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying. ⁵And when^* Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”

⁶Now some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” ⁸And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, “Why are you considering these things in your hearts? ⁹Which is easier to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘Get up and pick up your stretcher and walk’? ¹⁰But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—he said to the paralytic—¹¹“I say to you, get up, pick up your stretcher, and go to your home.” ¹²And he got up and immediately picked up his^a stretcher and^* went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything^* like this!”