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and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, 'Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
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And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,
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'Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one -- God?'
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And immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, 'Why these things reason ye in your hearts?
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which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?
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'And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins -- (he saith to the paralytic) --