Which is Easier?

Hi, all.
Look at Matthew 9, Mark 2 or Luke 5. There is a story about a lame man carried by four friends. They couldn’t get in the house to see Jesus, so they took him up on the roof, dug a hole, and let him down. This is Luke.

17 One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord’s healing power was strongly with Jesus.
18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take him inside to Jesus, 19 but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus. 20 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, “Young man, your sins are forgiven.”
21 But the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, “Who does he think he is? That’s blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”
22 Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? 23 Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’? 24 So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

There are many people, like me, who were taught from a young age that getting your sins forgiven is easy; you just repent and receive forgiveness. But we weren’t taught that healing was that easy. However, Jesus asks which is easier, then proves that they are the same. Later, He pays for both on Good Friday.
They are equal and taken the same way… Hearing, believing, saying, obeying.
I love y’all.

healed by His stripes,
Nancy