Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.Herman Melville
But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,Mark 2:10 NIV
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?Mark 2:8 NIV