Verse 18

Some men came, carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him in and set him before Jesus.

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  • Matt 9:2-8 : 2 Some people brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, 'Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.' 3 At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, 'This man is blaspheming.' 4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?' 5 'Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?' 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—then he said to the paralyzed man—'Get up, take your mat, and go to your home.' 7 And the man stood up and went to his home. 8 When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to humans.
  • Mark 2:3-9 : 3 And they came to him, bringing a paralyzed man who was being carried by four people. 4 And because they could not get near him due to the crowd, they removed the roof above where he was, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, 'Child, your sins are forgiven.' 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts, 7 ‘Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ 8 And immediately, Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning within themselves in this way, said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?' 9 ‘Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up, take your mat, and walk”? ’ 10 ‘But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,’ he said to the paralyzed man, 11 ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat, and go home.’ 12 And immediately, the man got up, took his mat, and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, 'We have never seen anything like this.'
  • John 5:5-6 : 5 Now there was a man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been in that condition for a long time, He said to him, 'Do you want to be made well?'
  • Acts 9:33 : 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years; he was paralyzed.