Matthew 9:6
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
7And the man got up and went home.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Mark 2:7“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Luke 5:21But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:2-9
Christ Heals a Man Sick of the Palsy. 1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven… Read the whole commentary →