4And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?
5For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
6But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.
8But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.
9And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
10And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.
