Luke 5:25

23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’

24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
KJV
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
WEB
Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
ASV
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
DARBY
And immediately standing up before them, having taken up that whereon he was laid, he departed to his house, glorifying God.
BLB
And immediately, having risen up before them, having taken up [that] on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God.
ÅB
Og straks sto han opp for deres øyne og tok det han lå på, og gikk hjem til sitt hus og priste Gud.
OTB
Straks reiste han seg opp foran dem, tok det han hadde ligget på, og gikk hjem mens han priste Gud.
B1930
Og straks stod han op for deres øine og tok det han lå på, og gikk hjem til sitt hus og priste Gud.

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