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?

Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner {or no}, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.