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Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic

Mark 2:1-12

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Chapter 2
1 And after some days, when he had entered again into Capernaum, it was heard that he was in the house. 2 And many gathered so that there was no longer room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them. 3 And they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four. 4 And when they could not reach him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him. And when they had dug through it, they let down the cot on which the paralytic lay. 5 And seeing their faith, Jesus says to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven." 6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts. 7 "Why does this one speak in this way? He blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God?" 8 And immediately knowing in his spirit that they were reasoning in this way within themselves, he says to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?" 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven," or to say, "Rise, take your cot, and walk"? 10 so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he says to the paralytic: 11 To you I say, rise, take up your cot, and go to your house. 12 And he rose, and immediately he took up the cot and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."