Jesus Heals a Paralytic

"Now it happened on a certain day, as He [Jesus] was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem.
And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.
And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.
When He saw their faith, He said to him, 'Man, your sins are forgiven you.'
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, 'Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?'
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, 'Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Which is easier to say, 'your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise up and walk?'
But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins'
He said to the man who was paralyzed, 'I say to you, arise, take up your bed and go to your house.'
Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
And they were all amazed and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, 'We have seen strange things today!'"
Luke 5:17-26

Psalm 103:2,3 says, "Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget not all His benefits:
       Who forgives all your iniquities,
       Who heals all your diseases"

Isaiah 53 says that Jesus bore our sicknesses as well as our sins.

These two, sin and sickness, go together.

Death entered the world because of sin Romans 5:12, and sickness is but a moderate form of death.

By His death on the cross, Jesus has authority both to forgive sins and heal diseases, but the forgiveness of sins is the greater authority.

Jesus was free to heal the paralytic man because He had authority to forgive the man of his sins.

The authority for both is based on the atoning work of Jesus on the cross.

Sin is no longer a hinderance to healing because Jesus died to forgive us our sins.