18Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.


In Context

15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

17 One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick.

18 Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.

19 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

Luke 5:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought [means] to bring him in, and to lay [him] before him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:18And behold, men brought in a bed a man, who had the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:18And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put him before him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:18And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18And behold, men brought in a bed a man who was taken with the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.