Lucas 5

18 several men brought on a sleeping pad a man who was paralyzed. They wanted to bring him into the house and lay him in front of Jesus. 19 But there was no way to do that because of the large crowd of people, so they went up the steps onto the roof. They tied ropes onto the sleeping pad and, after removing some of the tiles on the roof, they lowered the man on the sleeping pad. They lowered him through the opening into the midst of the crowd in front of Jesus. 20 When Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the man, he said to him, "My friend, I forgive your sins!" 21 The men who taught the Jewish laws and the rest of the Pharisees began to think within themselves, "Who does this man think he is, saying that? He is insulting God! ◄Nobody can forgive sins!/What person can forgive sins?► [RHQ] Only God can do that!" 22 Jesus perceived what they were thinking. So he said to them, "◄You should not think that way about what I said!/Why do you question within yourselves about what I said?► [RHQ] Consider this: 23 It would not be risky for someone to say to this man, ‘I forgive your sins,’ because no one could see whether or not his sins were really forgiven. But no one [RHQ], without having the power to heal, would say to him, ‘Get up and walk!’ because people could easily see whether he was healed or not. 24 But as a result of my healing this man you (pl) will know that God has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins of people while I am on the earth, as well as to heal people." Then he said to the man who was paralyzed, "To you I say, ‘Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!’ " 25 Immediately the man was healed. He stood up in front of them. He picked up the sleeping pad on which he had been lying, and went home, praising God.