5 ¹⁷ One day he was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting round. People had come from every village of Galilee and from Judaea and Jerusalem, Some witnesses read: and Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judaea and Jerusalem, were sitting around. and the power of the Lord was with him to heal the sick. 5 ¹⁸ Some men appeared carrying a paralysed man is on a bed. They tried to bring him in and set him down in front of Jesus, 5 ¹⁹ but finding no way to do so because of the crowd, they went up on to the roof and let him down through the tiling, bed and all, into the middle of the company in front of Jesus. 5 ²⁰ When Jesus saw their faith, he said, 'Man, your sins are forgiven you.' 5 ²¹ The lawyers and the Pharisees began saying to themselves, 'Who is this fellow with his blasphemous talk? Who but God alone can forgive sins?' 5 ²² But Jesus knew what they were thinking and answered them: 'Why do you harbour thoughts like these? 5 ²³ Is it easier to say, "Your sins are forgiven you", or to say, "Stand up and walk"? 5 ²⁴ But to convince you that the Son of Man has the right on earth to forgive sins'-he turned to the paralysed man-'I say to you, stand up, take your bed, and go home.' 5 ²⁵ And at once he rose to his feet before their eyes, took up the bed he had been lying on, and went home praising God. 5 ²⁶ They were all lost in amazement and praised God; filled with awe they said, 'You would never believe the things we have seen today.'