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And again He entered into Capernaum some days later, and it was reported that He was in the house.
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And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not even about the door; and He preached the Word unto them.
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And they came unto Him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.
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And when they could not come nigh unto Him because of the throng, they uncovered the roof where He was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the one sick with the palsy lay.
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When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the one sick with the palsy, "Son, thy sins are forgiven thee."
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But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
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"Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?"
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And immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them, "Why reason ye these things in your hearts:
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whether it is easier to say to the sick with the palsy, `Thy sins are forgiven thee,' or to say, `Arise, and take up thy bed and walk'?
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But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins--" He said to the one sick with the palsy,
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"I say unto thee, arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house."