18. and some people came carrying a crippled man on a mat. They tried to take him inside the house and put him in front of Jesus.
19. But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they went up on the roof, where they removed some tiles and let the mat down in the middle of the room.
20. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, “My friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21. The Pharisees and the experts began arguing, “Jesus must think he is God! Only God can forgive sins.”
22. Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, “Why are you thinking that?