Today we see the crescendo of miracles — Matthew has presented an ascending type of authority — and that authority is the forgiveness of our sins. Now Today, Matthew paint's the picture of what the Jews look like. If the Gentiles have no hope to live a healthy life on Earth and no hope for salvation after they die, then what's it look like for the Jews? Well, we meet a new character today — a paralyzed man. And Jesus says something to this paralyzed man that is the most important statement anyone, Jew or Gentile, could ever hear. What is that statement? Glad you asked. Let's find out together.