Lucas 5

"Your sins are forgiven"

18 And then, some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a cot, and tried to take him in and place him before Him. 19 When they could not find how to do it, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with the cot through the tiling into the center, in front of Jesus. 20 Seeing their faith He said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you!"*Those men were really determined, but they wanted healing, not forgiveness of sins; however, Jesus had His own agenda.

A ‘discussion’ ensues

21 So the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"*Their theology was not all that bad; they just did not recognize Jesus as God. 22 But Jesus perceived their reasonings and reacted by saying to them: "Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you’, or to say, ‘Get up and walk!’?*"Your sins are forgiven" is easier to say, because no one can see if it happened or not. If you say, "Get up and walk!" and he does not, it makes you look stupid. 24 But that you may know that the Son of the Man*That is what the Text says, "the Son of the Man", which appears to be a phrase coined by the Lord Jesus to refer to Himself; the phrase does not make very good sense in English, at first glance, but if "the man" refers to pristine Adam and "the son" to an only pristine descendant, it makes great sense. It seems to indicate a perfect human prototype, like Adam was before the fall—the human side of the God-man. has authority on earth to forgive sins"—He said to the paralyzed man: "I say to you, get up! Take your cot and go to your house."

God is glorified

25 Immediately he stood up in front of them, took up what he had been lying on, and set out to his own house glorifying God.