¹⁸ And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

² And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.

³ And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

⁴ And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

⁵ For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?

⁶ But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy house.

⁷ And he arose, and departed to his house.

⁸ But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men.

³ And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four.

⁴ And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.

⁵ And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.

⁶ But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷ Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, `even' God?

⁸ And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

⁹ Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

¹⁰ But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy),

¹¹ I say unto thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house.

¹² And he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

⁵ And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

⁶ When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time `in that case', he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?

³³ And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.