Mark 2:9 poses the rhetorical contrast between forgiving sins and healing — the same event Jesus uses to prove His authority.

Mark 2:10 declares the Son of Man's authority to forgive sins — the very act Jesus performs in v5.

Mark 5:34 shows Jesus responding to faith with healing, paralleling the faith-based forgiveness in Mark 2:5.

Psalm 103:3 pairs forgiveness and healing as divine acts — Jesus embodies both, directly echoing the psalm.

James 5:15 ties prayer of faith, healing, and forgiveness — a direct parallel to Jesus' action here where faith leads to both.

Acts 14:9 parallels this: Paul perceives a man's faith and heals him — both respond to observed faith with miraculous action.

Acts 5:31 states Jesus was exalted to give repentance and forgiveness, the authority shown in Mark 2:5.

Luke 5:20 also records Jesus forgiving the paralytic, emphasizing the faith of his friends.

Matthew 9:2 records the same healing, with identical words 'your sins are forgiven', paralleling the account.

Luke 7:48 records Jesus saying 'Your sins are forgiven' to a sinful woman — a parallel account of Jesus' authority to forgive.

John 5:14 links sin and illness, warning against future sin — this reinforces the connection between spiritual and physical health seen here.

John 20:23 extends authority to forgive sins to the disciples — this later commission builds on the same divine authority Jesus demonstrates here.

James 2:18-22 argues faith is shown by actions — the friends demonstrate their faith by bringing the paralytic to Jesus.

Psalm 32:1-5 celebrates forgiveness after confession — this OT background contrasts with Jesus granting forgiveness directly upon faith.

Matthew 9:22 has Jesus tell the woman her faith healed her, a parallel to the paralytic's forgiveness through faith.

In Luke 7:47-50, Jesus forgives a sinful woman's sins, linking forgiveness to her faith, similar to the paralytic.

Luke 8:48 also records Jesus telling a woman her faith saved her, mirroring the faith-based forgiveness in Mark 2:5.

Isaiah 38:17 shows God forgiving Hezekiah and delivering from death — a parallel to Jesus forgiving before healing the paralytic.

1 Corinthians 11:30 attributes illness to sin — this opposite causal direction contrasts with Jesus' forgiveness restoring health.