4. And not being able to come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
5. And when יהושע saw their belief, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6. Now some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7. “Why does this One talk like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins but Elohim alone?”
8. And immediately יהושע, knowing in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason about all this in your hearts?
9. “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’?