[21] And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, God alone? [22] But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in hearts? [23] Whether easier, to say, sins be forgiven or to say, Rise up and walk? [24] But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say Arise, and take up couch, and go into house. [25] And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.