21. And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22. But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23. Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?
24. But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy house.
25. And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
26. And amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.