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3 Then some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
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Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
4 And when they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and after having dug through it, they let down the mat on which the paralytic lay.
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Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
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Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7 "Why does this fellow speak in this way? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
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“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves; and he said to them, "Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?
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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, “Why are you thinking these things?
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Stand up and take your mat and walk'?
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Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?
10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he said to the paralytic—
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But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,
11 "I say to you, stand up, take your mat and go to your home."
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“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
12 And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
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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, “We have never seen anything like this!”
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