Matthew 9:1-13 Amplified Mark 2:3-5 Then they came, bringing to Him a paralyzed man, who was being carried by four men, When they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus; and when they had dug out an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said to the paralyzed mans, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Luke 5:18-20 Some men came carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to bring him in and lay him down in front of Jesus. But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof [and removed some tiles to make an opening] and lowered him through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said, "Man, your sins are forgiven," Matthew 11:16-19 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children siting in the market places, who call to the others, and say, 'We piped the flute for you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed sad dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and cry aloud,' "For John came neither eating and drinking [with others], and they say, 'He has a demon!" "The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, 'Look! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews]!' Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by her deeds [in the lives of those who respond to Me]." Hosea 6:6 For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings, Matthew 12:7-8 "And if you had only known what this statement means, 'I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.