Mat 9:2-3, Mar 2:7 | ESV | STEP | And behold , some people brought to him a paralytic , lying on a bed . And when Jesus saw their faith , he said to the paralytic , Take heart , my son ; your sins are forgiven .

Matthew 9:2-3

2 ^aAnd behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus ^bsaw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ^c“Take heart, my son; ^dyour sins are forgiven.” 3 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, ^e“This man is blaspheming.”

Mark 2:7

7 “Why does this man speak like that? ^fHe is blaspheming! ^gWho can forgive sins but God alone?”