⁹ Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, Your sins are forgiven and ^[a]put away, or to say, Rise, take up your sleeping pad or mat, and start walking about [and ^[b]keep on walking]?

¹⁰ But that you may know positively and beyond a doubt that the Son of Man has right and authority and power on earth to forgive sins—He said to the paralyzed man,

¹¹ I say to you, arise, pick up and carry your sleeping pad or mat, and be going on home.