Matthew 9

When the teachers of the law accuse Jesus of blaspheming he asks them, "Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?" I learned in Sunday School that the people of Jesus' day believed that bad things happened to people because of sin (we are studying John). So, it made no sense for the teachers to accept the healing of afflictions but not the forgiveness of sins. To them, they were the same thing.