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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,
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âI tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.â
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He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, âWe have never seen anything like this!â