Mark 2:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 5:19 : 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.
  • Deut 22:8 : 8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

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    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.”

  • Mark 2:1-3
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    1Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home.

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

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  • Mark 2:5
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    5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.”

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    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!”

  • Luke 5:23-25
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    23Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up and walk’?

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    5Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say,‘Stand up and walk’?

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