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Mark 1
⁴² Instantly the leprosy disappeared, and the man was healed.
⁴³ Then Jesus sent him on his way with a stern warning:
⁴⁴ “Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”
⁴⁵ But the man went and spread the word, proclaiming to everyone what had happened. As a result, large crowds soon surrounded Jesus, and he couldn’t publicly enter a town anywhere. He had to stay out in the secluded places, but people from everywhere kept coming to him.
Mark 2
¹ When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home.
² Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them,
³ four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
⁴ They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus.
⁵ Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”
⁶ But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,
⁷ “What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”