Mark 2:5

Then, when Jesus had seen their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

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In The King James Version

When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

In Context

4And when they were not able to present him to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. And opening it, they lowered down the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying.

6But some of the scribes were sitting in that place and thinking in their hearts:

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Cross References

Job 33:17so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride,

Psalms 90:7A thousand will fall before your side and ten thousand before your right hand. Yet it will not draw near you.

Isaiah 38:17Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back.

Matthew 9:2And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Be strengthened in faith, son; your sins are forgiven you.”

Mark 2:9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up, take up your stretcher, and walk?’

Luke 5:20And when he saw his faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:2-13

The Healing of a Paralytic. 1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let… Read the whole commentary →

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