"Your Sins Are Forgiven, My Friend"

Luke 5:17-20 One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law were sitting there who had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem.  The power of the Lord was present for Jesus to heal the sick.  Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a bed, and they tried to carry him into the house and put him in front of Jesus.  Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in.  So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus.  When Jesus saw how much faith they had, He said to the man, "Your sins are forgiven, my friend."