Mark 2:4

New English Translation

When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

Cross References

Matthew 4:24

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

Luke 5:19

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

Deuteronomy 22:8

If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.