8 And when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down on the knees of Jesus, and said, "Depart from me, O Lord! Because I am a sinful man.

9 For terror came upon him, and all that were with him, because of this fishing of the fish which they caught;

10 And also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were companions of Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; From now on you will catch men.

11 And having pulled the two boats ashore, they left everything and followed him.

12 And it came to pass, when Jesus was in a certain city, that a man was covered with leprosy, and when he saw Jesus, he fell down on his face, beseeching him, saying, 'Lord! If you want, you can cleanse me.

13 And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said, 'I will, be cleansed.' And immediately the leprosy went away from him.

14 And he commanded him not to tell anyone, but to go and show himself to the priest, and offer a sacrifice for his purification, as Moses had commanded, for a witness to them.

15 And how much more did the fame of him spread, and a great multitude of people flocked to him to hear, and to be healed of their sicknesses by him.

E-16 But He went out into the wilderness and prayed.

17 One day, while he was teaching, and there sat there sat the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, who had come from all parts of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was manifested in the healing of the sick,

18 Behold, some brought a man on the bed who was paralyzed, and sought to bring him into the house, and lay him before Jesus.

19 And not finding where to carry him because of the multitude, they climbed up to the top of the house, and through the roof they lowered him with his bed into the midst of Jesus.

20 And when he saw their faith, he said to the man, 'Thy sins are forgiven thee.'

21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that blasphemes?" who can forgive sins except God alone?