Luke 5:21

And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: “Who is this, who is speaking blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins, except God alone?”

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In The King James Version

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

In Context

20And when he saw his faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

22But when Jesus realized their thoughts, responding, he said to them: “What are you thinking in your hearts?

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Cross References

Exodus 34:6And as he was crossing before him, he said: “The Ruler, the Lord God, merciful and lenient, patient and full of compassion and also truthful,

1 Kings 21:10And send out two men, sons of Belial, against him. And let them speak the false testimony: ‘He has blasphemed God and king.’ And then lead him away, and stone him, and so let him die.”

Psalms 35:5He has been considering iniquity on his bed. He has set himself on every way that is not good; moreover, he has not hated evil.

Isaiah 43:25I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.

Daniel 9:9But to you, the Lord our God, is mercy and atonement, for we have withdrawn from you,

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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