 Now we have Matthew's version, which is the sparsest, the shortest version. It's as bleak and barren, in a sense, as those outer Hebridean islands. And that's typical Matthew. He cuts to the heart of the episode. He's not usually that interested in all the details. Some of the details we get in other versions, like the version of Mark and Luke, the stripping of the roof, the removal of the tiles, all these are not given by Matthew. Matthew goes to what's the essential teaching, which is Christ's authority to forgive sins.