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Mark 2:1-12

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

1 And when he returned to ^aCapernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 ^bAnd they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd ^cthey removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus ^dsaw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son ^eyour sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak like that? ^fHe is blaspheming! ^gWho can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 And immediately Jesus ^hperceiving 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 ⁱthe 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 ^jglorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”