Mark 2:3–12

^3aAnd they ^*came, bringing to Him a ^bparalytic, carried by four men.

⁴And being unable to bring him to ¹Jesus because of the crowd, they ^aremoved the roof over where He was; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the mat where the ^bparalytic was lying.

⁵And Jesus seeing their faith ^*said to the paralytic, “Child, ^ayour sins are forgiven.”

⁶But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; ^awho can forgive sins ¹but God alone?”

⁸Immediately Jesus, aware ¹in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, ^*said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

⁹“Which is easier, to say to the ^aparalytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat and walk’?

¹⁰“But 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 mat, and go to your home.”

¹²And he got up and immediately picked up the mat and went out before everyone, so that they were all amazed and ^awere glorifying God, saying, “^bWe have never seen anything like this.”