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And again he entered into Capernaum, after [some] days; and it was understood that he was in the house.
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And forthwith many were assembled, so that there was no room to receive [them], no not so much as about the door: and he preached the word to them.
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And they come to him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.
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And when they could not come nigh to him by reason of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken [it] up, they let down the bed on which the sick with the palsy lay.
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the 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 to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
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Which 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?