^2 (A)And behold, they brought to Him a ^(B)paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “^(C)Take courage, ^[a]son; ^(D)your sins are forgiven.” ³ And behold, some of the scribes said ^[b]to themselves, “This man ^(E)blasphemes.” ⁴ And Jesus ^(F)knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say, ‘^(G)Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ⁶ But so that you may know that ^(H)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the ^(I)paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.” ⁷ And he got up and ^[c]went home. ⁸ But when the crowds saw this, they were afraid, and ^(J)glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

^3 (A)And they *came, bringing to Him a ^(B)paralytic, carried by four men. ⁴ And being unable to bring him to ^[a]Jesus because of the crowd, they ^(C)removed the roof over where He was; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the mat where the ^(D)paralytic was lying. ⁵ And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, “Child, ^(E)your sins are forgiven.” ⁶ But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; ^(F)who can forgive sins ^[b]but God alone?” ⁸ Immediately Jesus, aware ^[c]in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the ^(G)paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat 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 mat, and go to your home.” ¹² And he got up and immediately picked up the mat and went out before everyone, so that they were all amazed and ^(H)were glorifying God, saying, “^(I)We have never seen anything like this.”

^18 (A)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 ^(B)the roof and let him down ^(C)through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. ²⁰ And seeing their faith, He said, “^[a]Friend, ^(D)your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹ The scribes and the Pharisees ^(E)began to reason, saying, “^(F)Who is this who speaks blasphemies? ^(G)Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” ²² But Jesus, ^[b]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 ^(H)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 ^(I)glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized them all and they began ^(J)glorifying God; and they were filled ^(K)with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”