When the scribes questioned Jesus about
His statement, He answered, "Which is
easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy
sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and
take up thy bed, and walk?"

Really He was saying, "What's the differ-
ence, to forgive sins which are the results
of Spiritual Death in a man's spirit, or to
heal the disease of his physical body, which
is the result also of the same Spiritual death."

Either way Jesus was dealing with bondage
of man to Satan.