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Once, when Yeshua was in one of the towns, there came a man completely covered with tzara`at. On seeing Yeshua, he fell on his face and begged him, "Sir, if you are willing, you can make me clean."
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Yeshua reached out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing! Be cleansed!" Immediately the tzara`at left him.
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Then Yeshua warned him not to tell anyone. "Instead, as a testimony to the people, go straight to the cohen and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moshe commanded."
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But the news about Yeshua kept spreading all the more, so that huge crowds would gather to listen and be healed of their sicknesses.
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However, he made a practice of withdrawing to remote places in order to pray.
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One day when Yeshua was teaching, there were P'rushim and Torah-teachers present who had come from various villages in the Galil and Y'hudah, also from Yerushalayim; and the power of ADONAI was with him to heal the sick.
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Some men came carrying a paralyzed man lying on a bed. They wanted to bring him inside and lay him in front of Yeshua,
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but they couldn't find a way to get him in because of the crowd. So they went up onto the roof and lowered him on his mattress through the tiles into the middle of the gathering, right in front of Yeshua.
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When Yeshua saw their trust, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you."
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The Torah-teachers and the P'rushim began thinking, "Who is this fellow that speaks such blasphemies? Who can forgive sin except God?"
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But Yeshua, knowing what they were think ing, answered, "Why are you turning over such thoughts in your hearts?