Mark 2:7
Why doth this man speak thus? he blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
In Context
6And there were some of the scribes sitting there, and thinking in their hearts:
Cross References
Psalms 130:4The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
Daniel 9:9But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee:
Matthew 9:3And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.
Mark 14:64You have heard the blasphemy. What think you? Who all condemned him to be guilty of death.
Luke 7:49And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves: Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
John 10:36Do you say of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?
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 →