18. Some men came carrying a paralysed man on a bed, and they tried to take him into the house and put him in front of Jesus.
19. Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus.
20. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven, my friend.”
21. The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks such blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”
22. Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Why do you think such things?