⁵ And when Jesus ^(A)saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, ^(B)your sins are forgiven.”

⁶ Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

⁷ “Why does this man speak like that? ^(A)He is blaspheming! ^(B)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

⁸ And immediately Jesus, ^(A)perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?

⁹ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’, or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’?

¹⁰ But that you may know that ^(A)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—

¹¹ “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.”

¹² And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and ^(A)glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”