23. Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
24. But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,"-He said to the paralytic-"I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home."
25. Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
26. They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen remarkable things today."
27. After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me."
28. And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.