Matthew 9:6
But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralyzed man), After rising, take up thy bed, and go to thy house.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5For which is easier, to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk?
7And after rising, he departed to his house.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he who blots out thy transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
Matthew 8:20And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.
Mark 2:7Why does this man speak blasphemies this way. Who can forgive sins but one, God?
Luke 5:21And the scholars and the Pharisees began to deliberate, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God alone?
John 5:21For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
John 17:2just as thou gave him authority over all flesh, so that all things that thou have given him, he will give them eternal life.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:2-9
Christ Heals a Man Sick of the Palsy. 1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven… Read the whole commentary →