Matthew 9:2

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Summary

And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

They brought

Acts 19:12

Seeing

Son

Matthew 9:22

Mark 5:34

John 21:5

General references

Romans 4:7

Bible References

They brought

Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them.

In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick,

When it was evening, after sunset people came bringing Him all who were sick and the demoniacs;

After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;

And a party of men came carrying a palsied man on a bed, and they endeavoured to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

so that they would even bring out their sick friends into the streets and lay them on light couches or mats, in order that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or other of them.

Towels or aprons, for instance, which Paul had handled used to be carried to the sick, and they recovered from their ailments, or the evil spirits left them.

Seeing

Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this.

Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus.

and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

After this man had listened to one of Paul's sermons, the Apostle, looking steadily at him and perceiving that he had faith to be cured,

Nay, some one will say, "You have faith, I have actions: prove to me your faith apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions.

Son

And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take courage, daughter; your faith has cured you." And the woman was restored to health from that moment.

"Daughter," He said, "your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your complaint."

He called to them. "Children," He said, "have you any food there?" "No," they answered.

General references

"Blessed," he says, "are those whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over.