Mark 2:6-12 “But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.”
The scribes were correct in their theology–no one can forgive sins except God. It is blasphemy for any mere human to say that he can absolve anyone of his sins. The scribes were wrong, however, when they said that Jesus could not forgive sins. Jesus is God, and therefore, He has the power to forgive and take away sins. This passage proves that forgiving sins is as much a miracle as causing a paralytic to take up his bed and walk. Truly amazing!