³¹ Again the Jews picked up stones to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works [and many acts of mercy] from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” ³³ The Jews answered Him, “We are not going to stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere man, make Yourself out to be God.”

²² The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by ^[a]Beelzebul (Satan),” and “He is driving out the demons by the [power of the] ruler of the demons.”^(A)

³⁰ [Jesus said this] because the scribes and Pharisees were [attributing His miracles to Satan by] saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

⁵ After looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness and arrogance of their hearts, He told the man, “Hold out your hand.” And he held it out, and his hand was [completely] restored. ⁶ Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the ^[a]Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how ^[b]they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death.

² They brought to Him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a stretcher. Seeing their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], Jesus said to the paralytic, “Do not be afraid, son; your sins are forgiven [the penalty is paid, the guilt removed, and you are declared to be in right standing with God].”^{(A) 3} And some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes [by claiming the rights and prerogatives of God]!”