Let's follow the invitation: an assertion of uniformity between the healing of the paralytic and the teaching on the mountain raises the question of who benefits. The motivations of the listeners were far from homogeneous; some would have seen the healing as a pragmatic proof of divine power, others as a simple spectacle. A too simplistic reading ignores potential conflicts of interest, where different groups interpret events according to their own objectives. For example, for merchants concerned about the revenues of the Sea of Galilee, the healing could have been perceived as a sign of prosperity rather than a direct validation of the ethics of the teaching.