Matthew 9:1-8, Luke 5:17-26 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 9:1-8

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

And getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to ^aHis own city.
2 ^aAnd behold, they brought to Him a ^bparalytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “^cTake courage, ¹son; ^dyour sins are forgiven.” 3 And behold, some of the scribes said ¹to themselves, “This man ^ablasphemes.” 4 And Jesus ^aknowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? 5 For which is easier, to say, ‘^aYour sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6 But so that you may know that ^athe Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the ^bparalytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.” 7 And he got up and ¹went home. 8 But when the crowds saw this, they were afraid, and ^aglorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Luke 5:17-26

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

17 And it happened that ¹one day He was teaching; and ^athere were some Pharisees and ^bteachers of the law sitting there, who had ^ccome from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, and ^dthe power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. 18 ^aAnd behold, some men were carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down before Him. 19 But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ^athe roof and let him down ^bthrough the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. 20 And seeing their faith, He said, “¹Friend, ^ayour sins are forgiven you.” 21 The scribes and the Pharisees ^abegan to reason, saying, “^bWho is this who speaks blasphemies? ^cWho can forgive sins, but God alone?” 22 But Jesus, ¹knowing their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the ^aparalytic—“I say to you, get up, and, picking up your stretcher, go home.” 25 And immediately he rose up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ^aglorifying God. 26 And astonishment seized them all and they began ^aglorifying God; and they were filled ^bwith fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”