Luke 5:20

Seeing their faith He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you!”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19When they could not find how to do it, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with the cot through the tiling into the center, in front of Jesus.

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

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Cross References

Mark 2:5So seeing their faith Jesus says to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

John 2:25and that He had no need that anyone should testify about man, because He Himself knew what was in man.

Acts 11:23Upon arriving and seeing the grace of God, he was glad, and he kept encouraging them all to remain true to the Lord with purpose of heart

2 Corinthians 2:10If you forgive anyone, I do too; further, if indeed I have forgiven anything to someone, 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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