Matthew 9:1

Matthew 9:1-8

¹And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own town. ²And look, they were bringing to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, child; your sins are forgiven.” ³And look, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” ⁴And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ⁶But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”— then he says to the paralytic— “Get up, pick up your bed, and go to your home.” ⁷And he got up and went away to his home. ⁸Seeing it, the crowds were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.

Mark 2:1-12

¹And when he came back into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was at home. ²And many gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and he was speaking the word to them. ³And they come, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four men. ⁴And when they could not bring him to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where he was; and having dug through, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. ⁵And Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralyzed man, “Child, your sins are forgiven.” ⁶Now some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ⁸And at once Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, says to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? ⁹Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat and walk’? ¹⁰But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” —he says to the paralyzed man— ¹¹“I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go to your home.” ¹²And he got up, and at once picking up the mat, he went out before all of them, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Luke 5:17-26

¹⁷And it happened, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting there Pharisees and teachers of the law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him for him to heal. ¹⁸And look, men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were trying to bring him in and lay him before him. ¹⁹And not finding how they could bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with the stretcher into the middle, in front of Jesus. ²⁰And seeing their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ²²But Jesus, perceiving their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ²³Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” —he said to the paralyzed man— “I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go to your home.” ²⁵And immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went away to his home, glorifying God. ²⁶And amazement seized them all, and they were glorifying God, and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen incredible things today.”