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Mark 2:1-12 NIV
1 A few days later, when Jesus
again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
2 So many gathered that there
was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the
word to them.
3 Some men came, bringing to
him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
4 Since they could not get him
to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof
above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the
paralyzed man was lying on.
5 When Jesus saw their faith,
he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to
themselves,
7 "Why does this fellow talk
like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they
were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you
thinking these things?
9 Which is easier: to say to
the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take
your mat and walk'?
10 But that you may know that
the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He
said to the paralytic,
11 "I tell you, get up, take
your mat and go home."
12 He got up, took his mat and
walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they
praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!" |
