Mark 2:7-9

Worldwide English (New Testament)

⁷ They were thinking, `Why does this man say such wrong things against God? He is not giving God respect! Who can forgive the wrong things people do? No one but God can do that.'

⁸ Jesus understood in his spirit what the scribes were thinking. He said right away, `Why do you think these wrong things in your hearts?

⁹ Which is easier, to say to the sick man, "The wrong things you have done are forgiven," or to say, "Get up. Take up your mat and walk"?