“Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?”
Which is easier: to say, your sins are forgiven, or to say, get up and walk? — the two-option question exposes the relationship between the unverifiable (forgiveness) and the verifiable (healing). Saying your sins are forgiven is easier to say because it cannot be immediately falsified; saying get up and walk is harder because it can be immediately tested. Jesus is about to use the verifiable as evidence for the unverifiable.
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