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1 Some time after he returned to Capernaum; upon the rumour that he was there, 2 so great a company assembled, that there was no room for them in the house, nor even about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 then they came and presented to him a paralytic, who had four men to carry him. 4 who finding it impossible to come nigh Him because of the press, uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the cradle wherein the paralytic lay. 5 Jesus perceiving their faith, said to the sick of the palsy, son, thy sins are forgiven. 6 but there were certain of the Scribes sitting there, who were dissatisfied in their own minds, and said to themselves, 7 why doth this man speak such blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God? 8 and immediately Jesus perceiving by his spirit, that they made these secret reflections, said, why do you entertain such suggestions? Mark 2:1-8, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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