A Paralytic Healed

2 And when he^[a] entered again into Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. ² And many had gathered, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them. ³ And they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. ⁴ And when^[b] they were not able to bring him^[c] to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. And after^[d] digging through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying. ⁵ And when^[e] Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”

⁶ Now some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” ⁸ And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, “Why are you considering these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘Get up and pick up your stretcher 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 stretcher, and go to your home.” ¹² And he got up and immediately picked up his^[f] stretcher and^[g] went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything^[h] like this!”