Mark 2:3-5

Amplified Bible

³Then they came, bringing to Him a paralyzed man, who was being carried by four men.^(A) ⁴When they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they ^[a]removed the roof above Jesus; and when they had dug out an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. ⁵When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

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Footnotes

Mark 2:4 The roof of a typical home was composed of clay tiles which were laid on a mat of branches and grass supported by wooden beams. The parallel passage in Luke explains that “they went up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles” (5:19).

Mark 2:3-5

English Standard Version

³^(A)And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. ⁴And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, ^(B)they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. ⁵And when Jesus ^(C)saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, ^(D)your sins are forgiven.”

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Mark 2:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³^(A)And some people *came, bringing to Him a man who was ^(B)paralyzed, carried by four men. ⁴And when they were unable to ^[a]get to Him because of the crowd, they ^(C)removed the roof ^[b]above Him; and after digging an opening, they let down the pallet on which the ^(D)paralyzed man was lying. ⁵And Jesus, seeing their faith, *said to the paralyzed man, “Son, ^(E)your sins are forgiven.”

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Footnotes

Mark 2:4 Lit bring to
Mark 2:4 Lit where He was

Mark 2:3-5

New Living Translation

³four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. ⁴They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. ⁵Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”

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Mark 2:3-5

New International Version

³Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,^(A) carried by four of them. ⁴Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”^(B)

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