For whether is easier to say - Thy “sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?” The one involves divine “power,” the other divine “authority,” and neither can be done but by God. One is as easy as the other; and to be able to do the one, involves the right and the power to do the other.
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Matthew 9:5
5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?