“Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.”
Luke 5:25 (WEB)
Context Reading
23Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? 24But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”he said to the paralyzed man,“I tell you, arise, take up your cot, and go to your house.” 25Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God. 26Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.” 27After these things he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him,“Follow me!”