Righteousness of Repentance

¹And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. ²Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. ³Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. ⁴And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." ⁶And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷"Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" ⁸But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? ⁹Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, "Arise, take up your bed and walk'? ¹⁰But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--He said to the paralytic, ¹¹"I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." ¹²Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

^١ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ كَفْرَنَاحُومَ أَيْضًا بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ، فَسُمِعَ أَنَّهُ فِي بَيْتٍ. ^٢وَلِلْوَقْتِ ٱجْتَمَعَ كَثِيرُونَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدْ يَسَعُ وَلَا مَا حَوْلَ ٱلْبَابِ. فَكَانَ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ بِٱلْكَلِمَةِ. ^٣وَجَاءُوا إِلَيْهِ مُقَدِّمِينَ مَفْلُوجًا يَحْمِلُهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ. ^٤وَإِذْ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَقْتَرِبُوا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْجَمْعِ، كَشَفُوا ٱلسَّقْفَ حَيْثُ كَانَ. وَبَعْدَ مَا نَقَبُوهُ دَلَّوْا ٱلسَّرِيرَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ ٱلْمَفْلُوجُ مُضْطَجِعًا عَلَيْهِ. ^٥فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَسُوعُ إِيمَانَهُمْ، قَالَ لِلْمَفْلُوجِ: «يَا بُنَيَّ، مَغْفُورَةٌ لَكَ خَطَايَاكَ». ^٦وَكَانَ قَوْمٌ مِنَ ٱلْكَتَبَةِ هُنَاكَ جَالِسِينَ يُفَكِّرُونَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ: ^٧«لِمَاذَا يَتَكَلَّمُ هَذَا هَكَذَا بِتَجَادِيفَ؟ مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ خَطَايَا إِلَّا ٱللهُ وَحْدَهُ؟». ^٨فَلِلْوَقْتِ شَعَرَ يَسُوعُ بِرُوحِهِ أَنَّهُمْ يُفَكِّرُونَ هَكَذَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا تُفَكِّرُونَ بِهَذَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ؟ ^٩أَيُّمَا أَيْسَرُ، أَنْ يُقَالَ لِلْمَفْلُوجِ: مَغْفُورَةٌ لَكَ خَطَايَاكَ، أَمْ أَنْ يُقَالَ: قُمْ وَٱحْمِلْ سَرِيرَكَ وَٱمْشِ؟ ^١٠وَلَكِنْ لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ لِٱبْنِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ سُلْطَانًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ ٱلْخَطَايَا». قَالَ لِلْمَفْلُوجِ: ^١١«لَكَ أَقُولُ: قُمْ وَٱحْمِلْ سَرِيرَكَ وَٱذْهَبْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ!». ^١٢فَقَامَ لِلْوَقْتِ وَحَمَلَ ٱلسَّرِيرَ وَخَرَجَ قُدَّامَ ٱلْكُلِّ، حَتَّى بُهِتَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ وَمَجَّدُوا ٱللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَا رَأَيْنَا مِثْلَ هَذَا قَطُّ!».