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Jesus addresses the teachers beside the paralyzed man.
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Matthew 9:6

Authority on Earth

Mercy, Healing, and the Call · Matthew 9

Story guide: Jesus declares his authority to forgive sins and tells the man to rise and go home.

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6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your bed, and go home.”

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