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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, âSon, your sins are forgiven.â
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Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
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âWhy does this fellow talk like that? Heâs blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?â
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Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, âWhy are you thinking these things?
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Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, âYour sins are forgiven,â or to say, âGet up, take your mat and walkâ?
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But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.â So he said to the man,