READ Mark 2 COMMENTARY: : 5        When Jesus saw their faith, HE said to the sick of the palsy, So your sins be forgiven you. (4102 “faith” [pistis] means strong confidence in, reliance on, what can be believed, trust, conviction, honesty, oath, assurance, fidelity.) DEVOTION:  In Jesus day it was thought that those who were sick or handicapped were the worst of sinners. Sometimes they thought that it was the sin of the parents that caused the people to be sickly or handicapped. They even thought that because they were not sick then they were good with God. Jesus came to set the record straight. HE was confronted with a man who had palsy. His friends cut a hole in the roof of the house to let him come down to be healed by Jesus. The house was crowded with people…