Jesus and His disciples traveled to His own town. While there, some men brought Jesus a paralyzed man laying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He forgave the man of his sins. Note: Jesus is showing that our spiritual well-being is more important than our physical well-being.
When the teachers of the law heard this, they began saying to themselves that Jesus was blaspheming.
Jesus, being Jesus, heard their thoughts and told them that He wanted them to know that He has authority on earth to forgive sins. Then, He heals the man by simply telling him to get up, take your mat, and go home. The crowd was amazed and praised God for giving such authority to man.
Jesus was laying the foundation for what would be an epic battle between Himself and the teachers of the law and Pharisees. They were indicting Him on committing blasphemy, for which they would ultimately use to have Him crucified. But what this scene does, it shows that when you live out your faith, your sins will be forgiven. Taking care of our spiritual state is far more important than our physical state. We spend so much time working on our physical state. Maybe we should start doing a better job of taking care of our spiritual state as well.
A Journey With Jesus 