Luke 5:22
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, having responded, he said to them, Why do ye deliberate in your hearts?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
In Context
23Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk?
Cross References
Psalms 139:2Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.
Isaiah 66:18For I [know] their works and their thoughts. [The time] comes, that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
Matthew 9:4And having known their thoughts Jesus said, Why think ye evil in your hearts?
Mark 8:17And knowing it Jesus says to them, Why do ye deliberate because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your heart still hardened?
Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?
Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you--to each--according to your works.
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 →