Luke 5:18
Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.
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- Matt 9:2-8 : 2 Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.” 3 Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves,“This man is blaspheming!” 4 When Jesus perceived their thoughts he said,“Why do you respond with evil in your hearts? 5 Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say,‘Stand 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 paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 7 So he stood up and went home. 8 When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.
- Mark 2:3-9 : 3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: 7 “Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up, take your stretcher, 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 paralytic– 11 “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 12 And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying,“We have never seen anything like this!”
- John 5:5-6 : 5 Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him,“Do you want to become well?”
- Acts 9:33 : 33 He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.
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- Mark 2:3-53 verses89%
3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.”
- Luke 5:19-202 verses88%
19 But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw their faith he said,“Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
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2 Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”
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17 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby(who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
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30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
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- Acts 5:15-162 verses77%
15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.
16 A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.
- Luke 5:24-252 verses76%
24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– he said to the paralyzed man–“I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home.”
25 Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.
- Mark 2:9-124 verses76%
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up, take your stretcher, 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 paralytic–
11 “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
12 And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying,“We have never seen anything like this!”
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6 “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”
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2 There right in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.
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6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– then he said to the paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
- Mark 6:55-562 verses75%
55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.
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- John 5:5-128 verses74%
5 Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him,“Do you want to become well?”
7 The sick man answered him,“Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me.”
8 Jesus said to him,“Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk.”
9 Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking.(Now that day was a Sabbath.)
10 So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed,“It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”
11 But he answered them,“The man who made me well said to me,‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
12 They asked him,“Who is the man who said to you,‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”
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2 And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called“the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.
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16 I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
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35 When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.
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10 A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.
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15 But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.
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8 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
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14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.
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32 When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.
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4 But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.