WPNT(i)
3 Then four men came, carrying a paralytic to Him.
4 And not being able to get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where He was; upon breaking through they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
5 So seeing their faith Jesus says to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you”.
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts:
7 “Why does this guy speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Immediately Jesus perceived in His spirit what they were reasoning within themselves and said to them: “Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts?
9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins have been forgiven’, or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and start walking!’?
10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins”—He says to the paralytic:
11 “To you I say, get up, pick up your pallet and go to your house!”
12 So forthwith he got up, picked up his pallet and went out in front of them all; so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”