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And [when] they were not able to bring [him] to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. And [after] digging through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying.
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And [when] Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."
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Now some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
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"Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?"
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And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, "Why are you considering these [things] in your hearts?
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