Be thou clean. Immediately the leprosy left the
man. Jesus then directed him to tell no one about this. He said, Go
and show thyself to the priest. Offer for thy cleansing, according to
Moses command, for a testimony to them.
Nonetheless, His fame was spread even more abroad. Great multitudes
gathered to hear and be healed of their infirmities by Him. Jesus
withdrew Himself into the wilderness to pray.
One day He was teaching and the power of the Lord to heal was upon
Him. There were gathered people that had come out of every town of
Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem. Pharisees and doctors of the law
sat among them.
Men approached carrying a bed with a man who had a palsy. They looked
for a way to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. When they could
not find a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went
upon the housetop and lowered him down on his couch through the tiling
and into the midst of where Jesus stood. When Jesus saw their faith,
He said, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
The scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, Who is this
who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? When
Jesus perceived their thoughts, He said to them, Why question in your
hearts whether it is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or, to
say, Rise up and walk? That ye may know that the Son of man has power
on earth to forgive sins, (He said to the sick man), Arise.
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