Matthew 9:2-4

International Children’s Bible

² Some people brought to Jesus a man who was paralyzed. The man was lying on his mat. Jesus saw that these people had great faith, so he said to the paralyzed man, “Be happy, young man. Your sins are forgiven.”

³ Some of the teachers of the law heard this. They said to themselves, “This man speaks as if he were God—that is blasphemy!”^[a]

⁴ Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “Why are you thinking evil thoughts?