A Faith That Moves

Jesus is teaching in a crowded house in Capernaum when four men arrive, carrying a man who is paralyzed. We aren't told where they're from, how the man was paralyzed, or what relation the men are to their disabled friend. We’ve seen similar stories in Scripture, the invalid at Bethesda (John 5:1–9) and the lame beggar at the gate of the temple (Acts 3:1–10), the difference being the people in this man’s life are determined to see him healed.