Luke 5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
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In Context
20And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
22But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,
1 Kings 21:10and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.
Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on.
Psalms 130:4But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.
Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled 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 →