And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, (A)they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus (B)saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, (C)your sins are forgiven.” Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

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Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”(A)

Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,

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