Mar 2:9-11, Joh 9:16 | ESV | STEP | Which is easier , to say to the paralytic , Your sins are forgiven , or to say , Rise , take up your bed and walk ?

Mark 2:9-11

9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that ^athe Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.”

John 9:16

16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not ^bfrom God, ^cfor he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, ^d“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^ethere was a division among them.