Mark 2:1
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Mark 2:1
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When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.
Mark 2:2
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And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.
Mark 2:3
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And they *came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.
Mark 2:4
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Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
Mark 2:5
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And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, "(Lit {child}) Son, your sins are forgiven."
Mark 2:6
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But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
Mark 2:7
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"Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?"
Mark 2:8
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Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, "Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
Mark 2:9
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~"Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, `Your sins are forgiven'; or to say, `Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk'?
Mark 2:10
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~"But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--He *said to the paralytic,
Mark 2:11
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"I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home."
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