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Since they were unable to bring him near Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him and then lowered the bed on which the paralyzed man was lying.

On perceiving their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Now some scribes[a] were sitting there, thinking to themselves:

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:6 Scribes: men trained in the oral traditions that flowed from the written Law. In this Gospel, they are adversaries of Jesus except in one incident (Mk 12:28-34).