Luke 5:18–26

^18aAnd some men were carrying on a ¹bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him.

¹⁹But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ^athe roof and let him down ^bthrough the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.

²⁰Seeing their faith, He said, “¹Friend, ^ayour sins are forgiven you.”

²¹The scribes and the Pharisees ^abegan to reason, saying, “^bWho is this man who speaks blasphemies? ^cWho can forgive sins, but God alone?”

²²But Jesus, ¹aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

²³“Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

²⁴“But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the ^aparalytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.”

²⁵Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ^aglorifying God.

²⁶¹They were all struck with astonishment and began ^aglorifying God; and they were filled ^bwith fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”