Luke 5:21
And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
20And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.
22But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;
1 Kings 21:10And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
Psalms 35:5Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.
Psalms 130:4But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
Daniel 9:9With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
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 →