They couldn’t get him close to Jesus because of the crowd, so they went up onto the roof and dug through it right above Jesus. Then they lowered the man on a mat through the hole in the roof.
They tried to take him into the house and set him in front of Jesus, but they couldn’t get in because of the crowd. So they went up onto the roof and made an opening in the tiles. Then they lowered the man on his mat down into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
News about him spread all over Syria, and they brought him everyone who was ill with any kind of sicknesses. Some were suffering great pain, while others were controlled by demons. Some were shaking wildly, and others couldn’t move at all. Jesus healed every one of them.