Mark 2:8-12 ▼

8 At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. |Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?| he asked them.

9 |Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or 'Get up, pick up your mat, and walk'?

10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...| Then he told the paralyzed man,

11 |I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!|

12 So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, |We have never seen anything like this!|