Luke 5:17-26

New American Standard Bible 1995

^17 [a]One day He was teaching; and ^(A)there were some Pharisees and ^(B)teachers of the law sitting there, who had ^(C)come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and ^(D)the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. ^18 (E)And some men were carrying on a ^[b]bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. ¹⁹ But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ^(F)the roof and let him down ^(G)through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. ²⁰ Seeing their faith, He said, “^[c]Friend, ^(H)your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹ The scribes and the Pharisees ^(I)began to reason, saying, “^(J)Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? ^(K)Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” ²² But Jesus, ^[d]aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴ But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the ^(L)paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.” ²⁵ Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ^(M)glorifying God. ^26 [e]They were all struck with astonishment and began ^(N)glorifying God; and they were filled ^(O)with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”