40 Mt 9.2 Jesus forgave sin

Matthew 9:2-7 (ESV)

^2  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.”

^3  And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”

^4  But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

^5  For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?

^6  But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.”

^7  And he rose and went home.