63 Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man [Mark 2:1–12]
The Bible passage: [Mark 2:1–12]
The Story:
When He was in Capernaum, He was in a house talking to the people. There were so many people gathered that there was no more room, not even in the doorway. He was telling them about God and His kingdom.
Four men came, carrying their paralyzed friend on a stretcher. They couldn’t get to Jesus because of the crowd so they tore a hole in the roof of the house. After they had broken through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying through the hole.
Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does He say this? He’s blaspheming! Only God can forgive sins.”
Jesus immediately understood in His spirit that they were thinking this way and He said to them, “Why are you thinking like this? Is it easier to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or, ‘Get up, pick up your stretcher, and walk’? To show you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
Immediately he got up, picked up the stretcher, and left in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astonished and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
The Lessons:
- Jesus had both physical power over illness and spiritual power/authority to forgive sin.
- He used the title “Son of Man“ for himself in this passage.
- The paralyzed man’s friends had faith in Jesus to heal their friend.
- We meet a new group, the scribes. Scribes spent time studying and copying the Scriptures.
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