1. Share a time in which you felt paralyzed in life? Was it situational, past history, social, emotional, spiritual?

2. What is striking about what Jesus says in response to the man seeking a healing  in v. 20? Why is this so striking?

3. Do you think all sickness is connected to sin? Why or why not?

4. What strikes you (and Jesus) about the faith of those who brought the paralytic?

5. How would someone’s view of Jesus affect their faith in Jesus?

6. Now looking at v. 20, how does the size of one’s faith relate to forgiveness?

7. Why could Jesus say in v. 20, “your sins are forgiven”. How could he do that?