I'll heal him, but first...
"I'll heal him, but first fix the roof." This might have been one reaction of Jesus to this bizarre spectacle of a man on a sickbed being lowered through the roof. One might understand if the healer "went through the roof" for such a rude interruption. But this was not Jesus' response. Instead he complimented the sick man and his friends on their "faith"! While some might call it selfish audacity or unnecessary destructiveness and others might term it plain and simple inconsideration of persons and property, Jesus saw faith. Seeing it, he rewarded it with forgiveness and healing.