Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,
not even around the door,
and he preached the word to them.
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd,
they opened up the roof above him.
After they had broken through,
they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him,
“Child, your sins are forgiven.”
(Mk 2:1-12)
As a child, I loved this passage. I remember our Sunday School lesson with the picture of the four men on the torn up roof lowering their friend on the mat and Jesus looking up and seeing their faith.
