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Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines being helpless as "marked by an inability to act or react" - in other words, absolutely unable to act or react for one's own benefit. Jesus healing the helpless paralytic is one of His most famous miracles. The heartwarming story has familiar elements: skepticism, friendship, faith, forgiveness, supernatural power, joy, and awe of God. However, within all of those elements, there is a high point of the miracle, and Jesus stated clearly what it is. What He said has direct and powerful bearing on our salvation - on our relationship with God - on what Jesus can and does do for sinners like us, in making us right with God, in our helplessness to do it for ourselves. 
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Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the Legacy Standard Bible.
Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible.
Scripture quotations marked CSB are from the Christian Standard Bible..
Scripture quotations marked ESV are from the English Standard Version..
Scripture quotations marked NKJV are from the New King James Version.
Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the New International Version.
Scripture quotations marked HCSB (including some not marked) are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible.
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