Luke 5:21
The religious teachers and the Pharisees began to argue with that. “Who is this who's speaking blasphemies?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins? Only God can do that!”
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20When Jesus saw the trust they had in him, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven.”
22Jesus knew what they were arguing about, so he asked them, “Why are you thinking to question this?
Cross References
Exodus 34:6The Lord passed in front of him, calling out, “Yahweh! Yahweh! I am the God of grace and mercy! I am slow to become angry, full of trustworthy love and always faithful.
1 Kings 21:10But seat two bad men opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
Psalms 35:5Let them be like chaff blown by the wind; let the angel of the Lord drive them away.
Psalms 130:4But you are forgiving so that we might respect you.
Isaiah 43:25I, yes I am the God who wipes out your sins because of who I am, and who doesn't remember your sins any more.
Daniel 9:9Yet you, the Lord our God, are compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you.
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 →