¹⁷ And now, therefore, let the power of the Lord be great in the way that you promised when you spoke, saying,

⁸ When the crowds saw it, they were filled with awe, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.^(A)

⁶ But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Stand up, take your bed, and go to your home.”