Mark 2:7 CPDV

⁵  Then, when Jesus had seen their faith, he said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven you.'

⁶  But some of the scribes were sitting in that place and thinking in their hearts:

⁷  'Why is this man speaking in this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins, but God alone?'

⁸  At once, Jesus, realizing in his spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, said to them: 'Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

⁹  Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise up, take up your stretcher, and walk?'