¹⁹ And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst ^(A)before Jesus.

⁴ And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

Jesus Teaches the Fear of God^(A)

²⁷ “Whatever I tell you in the dark, ^(B)speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.

¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

² Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed ^(A)and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he ^(B)saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

⁸ “When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring guilt of bloodshed on your household if anyone falls from it.

¹³ And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled ^(A)like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose ^(B)roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and ^(C)poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”