Jesus Heals a Paralytic

¹⁷ And it happened that ^[a]one day He was teaching; and ^(A)there were some Pharisees and ^(B)teachers of the law sitting there, who had ^(C)come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, and ^(D)the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. ^18 (E)And behold, some men were carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down before Him. ¹⁹ But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ^(F)the roof and let him down ^(G)through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. ²⁰ And seeing their faith, He said, “^[b]Friend, ^(H)your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹ The scribes and the Pharisees ^(I)began to reason, saying, “^(J)Who is this who speaks blasphemies? ^(K)Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” ²² But Jesus, ^[c]knowing 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 ^(L)paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and, picking up your stretcher, go home.” ²⁵ And immediately he rose up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ^(M)glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized them all and they began ^(N)glorifying God; and they were filled ^(O)with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”