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The passage from scripture is as follows: A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? The New International Version translates the passage as: Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
Several manuscripts of the Gospel include a passage considered by many textual critics to be an interpolation added to the original text, explaining that the disabled people are waiting for the "troubling of the waters"; some further add that "an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made ...
He says to the man "...get up, take your mat and go home." . According to Raymond E. Brown, it may have been easier to tell the man something than to demand he get up and walk. Jesus chooses to prove his ability to forgive sins, with a demonstration of the man's ability to walk.
In most cases, Christian authors associate each miracle with specific teachings that reflect the message of Jesus. [10]In The Miracles of Jesus, H. Van der Loos describes two main categories of miracles attributed to Jesus: those that affected people (such as Jesus healing the blind man of Bethsaida), or "healings", and those that "controlled nature" (such as Jesus walking on water).
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. The New International Version translates the passage as: