Luke 5:14-18

“Say nothing to anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and make the ceremonial offerings as required by the law of Moses as proof that you've been healed.”

Yet the news about Jesus spread more and more. Large crowds came to hear Jesus and to be healed from their diseases.

But Jesus often used to retreat to quiet places and pray.

One day when Jesus was teaching, the Pharisees and religious teachers who had come from all over Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem were sitting there. The power of the Lord to heal was with him so he could heal.

Some men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to take him in and lay him in front of Jesus.