Luke 5:11-21

11 And when they had brought their boats to land, ¹they left everything and followed him.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

12 While he was in one of the cities, ²there came a man full of leprosy.^[a] And when he saw Jesus, he ³fell on his face and begged him, "Lord, ⁴if you will, you can make me clean."

13 And Jesus^[b] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him.

14 And he charged him ⁵to tell no one, but "go and show ⁶yourself to the priest, and ⁷make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, ⁸for a proof to them."

15 ⁹But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities.

16 But ¹⁰he would withdraw to desolate places and ¹¹pray.

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and ¹²teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And ¹³the power of the Lord was with him to heal.^[c]

18 ¹⁴And behold, some men were bringing ¹⁵on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus,

19 but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on ¹⁶the roof and let him down with his bed ¹⁷through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

20 And ¹⁸when he saw their faith, he said, "Man, ¹⁹your sins are forgiven you."

21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, "Who is this who speaks ²⁰blasphemies? ²¹Who can forgive sins but God alone?"