Luke 5:20

And seeing their faith he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

In Context

19And not finding by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with the couch into the midst before Jesus.

21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

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Cross References

Mark 2:5And Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the palsied man: Child, thy sins are forgiven.

John 2:25and had no need that any one should testify of man; for he himself knew what was in man.

Acts 11:23Who having come, and seen the grace of God, rejoiced; and he exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they should cleave to the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:10To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also; for what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes I forgave it in the person of Christ,

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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