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Matthew 9:2-8
Rise and Walk
Forgiveness, Faith, and Compassion · Matthew 9
Story guide: Jesus first announces forgiveness, then commands the man to rise and carry his mat home.
Open this scene in the reader →2And behold, they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take courage, child; your sins are forgiven.”
3And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
4And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?”
5For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then he said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed, and go to your house.”
7And he got up and went home.
8But when the crowds saw it, they were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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