^2 (A)And they brought to Him a ^(B)paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “^(C)Take courage, ^[a]son; ^(D)your sins are forgiven.” ³ And some of the scribes said ^[b]to themselves, “This fellow ^(E)blasphemes.” ⁴ And Jesus ^(F)knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? ⁵ Which is easier, to say, ‘^(G)Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’? ⁶ But so that you may know that ^(H)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the ^(I)paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.” ⁷ And he got up and ^[c]went home. ⁸ But when the crowds saw this, they were ^[d]awestruck, and ^(J)glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

^3 (A)And they *came, bringing to Him a ^(B)paralytic, carried by four men. ⁴ Being unable to ^[a]get to Him because of the crowd, they ^(C)removed the roof ^[b]above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the ^(D)paralytic was lying. ⁵ And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, “^[c]Son, ^(E)your sins are forgiven.” ⁶ But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; ^(F)who can forgive sins ^[d]but God alone?” ⁸ Immediately Jesus, aware ^[e]in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the ^(G)paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet 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 pallet and go home.” ¹² And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and ^(H)were glorifying God, saying, “^(I)We have never seen anything like this.”