Pharisees… wonder if they ever sees anything. You know by now these guys know that Jesus has healed many. Knew that Jesus was the Son of God or knew he claimed to be. Their question was not genuine at all. The crowd was so large people cut holes through the ceiling to get a man down to get healed.
Despite their knowledge and information they have surely already gathered, like every proud person they simply ask a question knowing or at least hoping that Jesus would say something that would make the crowd begin to lose faith.
What's interesting the Pharisees did not care for the people being healed only in their stature as the men of god…( yes their god was not the God)..
Rise up and Walk or Thy Sins be forgiven thee… interesting on how Jesus structures this question.,, when Jesus healed a person they were forgiven? Wow… Jesus heals us its because of our belief that he can. So a person in need of healing already is surrendering themselves to God and asking to be at his mercy with their Faith in him.
Again we see the healed person get up with full strength and walk away carrying a couch… wow… bet superman after swallowing kryptonite could not just get up with full strength and walk away.