Mark 2:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 5:18-26 : 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. 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.” 21 Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves,“Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you raising objections within yourselves? 23 Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up and walk’? 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. 26 Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying,“We have seen incredible things today.”
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.
  • Matt 9:1-8 : 1 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town. 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Mark 2:4-5
    2 verses
    89%

    4When 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.

    5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.”

  • Luke 5:17-20
    4 verses
    89%

    17Healing 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.

    18Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

    19But 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.

    20When Jesus saw their faith he said,“Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

  • Matt 9:2
    82%

    2Just 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.”

  • Matt 8:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

    7Jesus said to him,“I will come and heal him.”

  • Matt 4:23-25
    3 verses
    77%

    23Jesus’ Healing Ministry Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

    24So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

    25And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.

  • Mark 2:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’?

    10But 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.”

    12And 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!”

  • Matt 15:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    30Then 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.

    31As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

  • Luke 5:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24But 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.”

    25Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

  • Matt 9:6
    74%

    6But 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.”

  • Luke 4:40
    73%

    40As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

  • Mark 6:55
    73%

    55They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

  • Mark 2:2
    72%

    2So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

  • Acts 5:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15Thus 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.

    16A 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.

  • Mark 7:32
    72%

    32They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

  • Mark 1:32-33
    2 verses
    72%

    32When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

    33The whole town gathered by the door.

  • Matt 8:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

    17In this way what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled:“He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

  • Matt 17:16
    71%

    16I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”

  • Luke 14:2
    71%

    2There right in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

  • Acts 9:33
    71%

    33He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.

  • Matt 17:14
    71%

    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

  • Mark 3:10
    70%

    10For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

  • John 5:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Jesus said to him,“Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

    9Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking.(Now that day was a Sabbath.)

  • Acts 4:22
    70%

    22For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.

  • Acts 3:2
    70%

    2And 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.

  • Luke 14:4
    70%

    4But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

  • Acts 14:8
    70%

    8Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

  • Mark 8:22
    70%

    22A Two-stage Healing Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

  • Matt 14:35
    70%

    35When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

  • Mark 1:29
    70%

    29Healings at Simon’s House Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

  • Acts 4:9
    70%

    9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

  • Matt 21:14
    69%

    14The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

  • John 5:3
    69%

    3A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

  • Luke 5:15
    69%

    15But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

  • John 5:12
    69%

    12They asked him,“Who is the man who said to you,‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”