Jesus Restores a Paralytic

42	JESUS RESTORES a PARALYTIC
Matt 9		Mark 2		Luke 8
1	And getting into a boat	1	And when he returned	17	<And it happened>
	he crossed over
	and came to his own city.		to Capernaum
			after some days,		on one of those days,
			it was reported
			that he was at home.
					as he was teaching,
					there were Pharisees
					and teachers of the law
					sitting by,
					who had come
					from every village
					of Galilee and Judea
					and from Jerusalem;
					and the power of the Lord
					was with him to heal.
		2	And many were gathered
			together,
			so that
			there was no longer room
			for them,
			not even about the door;
			and he was preaching the word
			to them.
2	And behold,	3	And they came,	18	And behold,
	they brought to him		bringing to him		men were bringing
	a paralytic,		a paralytic
	lying on his bed;				on a bed
					a man who was paralyzed,
			carried by four men.
					and they sought
					to bring him in
					and lay him before Jesus;
		4	And when	19	but finding no way
			they could not get near him		to bring him in,
			because of the crowd,		because of the crowd,
			they removed the roof		they went up on the <house>
			above him;
			and when
			they had made an opening,
			they let down		and let him down
			the pallet		with his bed
			on which the paralytic lay.
					through the tiles
					into the midst before Jesus.
	and when Jesus saw their faith	5	And when Jesus saw their faith,	20	And when he saw their faith
	he said to the paralytic,		he said to the paralytic,		he said,
	"Take heart, my son;		"My son,		"Man,
	your sins are forgiven."		your sins are forgiven."		your sins are forgiven you."
3	And behold,	6	Now	21	And
	some of the scribes		some of the scribes		the scribes
					and the Pharisees
			were sitting there,
	said to themselves,		questioning in their hearts,		began to question, saying,
	"This [man]	7	"Why does this [man] speak		"Who is this that speaks
			thus?
	is blaspheming."		<He> is <blaspheming>!		blasphemies?
			Who can forgive sins		Who can forgive sins
			but God alone?"		but God only?"
4	But Jesus,	8	And immediately Jesus,	22	When Jesus
	knowing their thoughts,		perceiving in his spirit		perceived
			that they thus questioned		their questionings,
			within themselves,
	said,		<says> to them,		he <said in response to> them,
	"Why do you think evil		"Why do you question thus		"Why do you question
	in your hearts?		in your hearts?		in your hearts?
5	For which is easier,	9	Which is easier,	23	Which is easier,
	to say,		to say to the paralytic,		to say,
	`Your sins are forgiven,'		`Your sins are forgiven,'		`Your sins are forgiven you,'
	or to say,		or to say,		or to say,
	`Rise		`Rise,		`Rise
			take up your pallet
	and walk'?		and walk'?		and walk'?
6	But that you may know	10	But that you may know	24	But that you may know
	that the Son of man has		that the Son of man has		that the Son of man has
	authority on earth		authority on earth		authority on earth
	to forgive sins" --		to forgive sins" --		to forgive sins" --
	he then <says>		he <says>		he said
	to the paralytic--		to the paralytic--		to the man
					who was paralyzed--
		11	"I say to you,		"I say to you,
7	"Rise, take up your bed		rise, take up your pallet		rise, take up your bed
	and go home."		and go home."		and go home."
	And he rose	12	And he rose,	25	And immediately* he rose
					before them,
			and immediately*		and
			took up the pallet		took up that
					on which he lay,
	and went home.		and went out before them all;		and went home,
					glorifying God.
8	When the crowds saw it,
	they were afraid,		so that	26	And
			they were all amazed		amazement seized them all,
	and they glorified God,		and glorified God,		and they glorified God
					and were filled with awe,
	who had given
	such authority
	to men.
			saying,		saying,
			"We never saw		"We have seen
			anything like this!"		strange things today."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary
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Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
<and>	RSV wording altered to reflect Greek
[man]	RSV word not in the Greek
42	Sequence in synoptic outlines