Luke 5:20

And having seen their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

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In The King James Version

And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

In Context

19And not having found how they might bring him in because of the multitude, after going up upon the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the small bed into the midst in front of Jesus.

21And the scholars and the Pharisees began to deliberate, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God alone?

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Cross References

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed in thine anger, and in thy wrath are we troubled.

Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back.

Mark 2:5And having seen their faith, Jesus says to the paralyzed man, Child, thy sins are forgiven thee.

John 2:25and because he had no need that any man should testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Acts 11:23who, having arrived, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he encouraged all, with purpose of heart, to remain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:10But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:18-27

Cure of a Paralytic. 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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