It is also recorded
in the Gospel according to St. Luke, that on a certain day Jesus passed by a
Jew who was sick of the palsy, and lay upon a couch. When the Jew saw Him, he
recognized Him, and cried out for His help. Jesus said unto him: “Arise from
thy bed; thy sins are forgiven thee.” Certain of the Jews, standing by,
protested saying: “Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” And immediately He
perceived their thoughts, Jesus answering said unto them: “Whether is it easier
to say to the sick of the palsy, arise, and take up thy bed, and walk; or to
say, thy sins are forgiven thee? that ye may know that the Son of Man hath
power on earth to forgive sins.” [Cf. Luke 5:18–26] This is the real sovereignty, and such is
the power of God’s chosen Ones!
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
