Mark 2:3–12

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

⁴Being unable to ¹get to Him because of the crowd, they ^aremoved the roof ²above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the ^bparalytic was lying.

⁵And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “¹Son, ^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 pallet 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 pallet and go home.”

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