Luke 5:20

And seeing their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins have been forgiven you.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, going up on the roof, they lowered him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst in front of Jesus.

21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this Man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except God alone?”

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Cross References

Mark 2:5And Jesus, seeing their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins have been forgiven you.”

John 2:25and had no need that anyone should testify concerning man, for He himself knew what was in man.

Acts 11:23who, arriving and seeing the grace of God, was glad, and encouraged them all with purpose of heart to continue with the Lord,

2 Corinthians 2:10And to whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for if indeed I have forgiven anything, the one whom I have forgiven, I have done so for your sakes in the presence 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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