Mark 2:10

Good News Translation

I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man,

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Jesus went to the territory near the town of Caesarea Philippi, where he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

Is it easier to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

God raised him to his right side as Leader and Savior, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.