3 Then they came to Him, bringing a ^aparalytic who was carried by four men.  ‡

4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

7 “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? ^aWho can forgive sins but God alone?”  ‡

8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?