Mark 2:3-11 And they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. ⁴ And when* they were not able to bring him* to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. And after* digging through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying. ⁵ And when* Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven." ⁶ Now some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ "Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?" ⁸ And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, "Why are you considering these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and pick up your stretcher 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 stretcher, and go to your home."