Mark 2:7-11

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⁷ “What? This is blasphemy! Does he think he is God? For only God can forgive sins.”

⁸ Jesus could read their minds and said to them at once, “Why does this bother you? ^9-11 I, the Messiah,^[a] have the authority on earth to forgive sins. But talk is cheap—anybody could say that. So I’ll prove it to you by healing this man.” Then, turning to the paralyzed man, he commanded, “Pick up your stretcher and go on home, for you are healed!”