Matthew 9:1-8 - A Paralytic Healed

¹ And, entering into a boat, He crossed over, and came into His own city. ² And, behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic laid upon a couch. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Child, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven."

³ And, behold, some of the scribes said among themselves, "This Man is blaspheming! "

⁴ And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Arise, and walk.' ⁶ "But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins" (then saith He to the paralytic), "Arise, and take up your bed, and go to your house." ⁷ And, having arisen, he went to his house; ⁸ and, seeing it, the multitudes feared, and glorified God, Who gave such authority to men.

¹ And, having entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that He was in the house. ² And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even about the door; and He was speaking the word to them. ³ And they come, bringing to Him a paralytic, borne by four. ⁴ And not being able to bring him to Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was; and, having broken it up, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

⁵ And Jesus, seeing their faith, saith to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."

⁶ But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ "Why doth this Man speak thus? He blasphemeth! Who can forgive sins but One, God?"

⁸ And straightway Jesus, perceiving in His spirit that they so reason within themselves, saith to them, "Why do ye reason these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?' ¹⁰ But, that ye may know the Son of Man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (He saith to the paralytic). ¹¹ I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."

¹² And he arose, and, straightway taking up the bed, went forth before them all; so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw it thus!"

¹⁷ And it came to pass, on one of the days, that He was teaching; and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present with Him to heal. ¹⁸ And, behold, men bearing on a couch a man who was a paralytic, and they were seeking to bring him in, and place him before Him. ¹⁹ And, not finding by what means they might bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the couch, into the midst, before Jesus.

²⁰ And, beholding their faith, He said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is This that is speaking blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God only?"

²² But Jesus, perceiving their reasonings, answering, said to them, "Concerning what are ye reasoning in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise and walk?' ²⁴ But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins (He said to the paralyzed man), I say to you, arise; and, taking up your couch, go to your house."

²⁵ And, immediately rising up before them, having taken up that on which he was lying, he departed to his house, glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized them all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying, "We saw wonderful things to-day!"