Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.Joshua Reynolds
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”Mark 2:5 NIV
Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.Mark 2:3 NIV