And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. Luke 5:18-19 ESV1
Read Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12 & Luke 5:17-26
Jesus and His disciples left the country of the Gerasenes and the newly-freed man who was beginning his newly-discovered ministry and returned by boat to Capernaum, Jesus’ home-away-from-home. On this side of the lake, they once again were met by a crowd. Among this crowd were people of two distinct attitudes: one no less evil than the legion of demons He had just exorcised and one no less wonderful the freed man’s desire to serve Jesus.