and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair she hath put for his pillows, and covereth with a garment.

And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim are on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair, for his pillows.

but when they could not find any means of getting him in, on account of the crowd, they climbed to the top of the house and let him down through the tiles, mattress and all among the people in front of Jesus.

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralysed man, "Rise, I tell you, lift your mattress and go home."

Instantly he stood up in their presence, took up the mattress on which he had been lying, and went away to his home, giving glory to God.

He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.