Mark 2:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ Jesus was able immediately to discern in his spirit what they were thinking, and he asked, “Why do you entertain such thoughts in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say: ‘Stand up, take your mat, and walk’? ¹⁰ But that you may come to realize that the Son of Man^[a] has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralyzed man—