And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.
And whanne þei myyten not brynge hym to Jhesu for þe puple, þei vnhileden þe roof where he was, and openede it, and þei leten doun þe bed in which þe sijk man in palesie laye.