7. τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον …

tiv gavr ejstin eujkopwvteron (easier), eijpei:n` ajfiventaiv (they are forgiven) sou aiJ aJmartivai, h] eijpei:n` e[geire kai; peripavtei~ i{na de; eijdh:te o{ti ejxousivan e[cei oJ uiJo;V tou: ajnqrwvpou ejpi; th:V gh:V ajfievnai (to forgive) aJmartivaV (--) tovte levgei tw:/ paralutikw:/ (paralytic) ` ejgerqei;V a\rovn sou th;n klivnhn (bed) kai; u{page eijV to;n oi\kovn sou.

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tiv gavr ejstin eujkopwvteron (easier), eijpei:n`

ajfiventaiv (they are forgiven) sou aiJ aJmartivai, h] eijpei:n` e[geire kai; peripavtei~

i{na de; eijdh:te o{ti ejxousivan e[cei oJ uiJo;V tou: ajnqrwvpou ejpi; th:V gh:V ajfievnai (to forgive) aJmartivaV (--)

tovte levgei tw:/ paralutikw:/ (paralytic)`

ejgerqei;V a\rovn sou th;n klivnhn (bed) kai; u{page eijV to;n oi\kovn sou.

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“For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk around’? But in order that you would know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins….” Then he is saying to the paralytic, “After rising, take up your bed and depart into your house.”

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