Mark 2:5
When Jesus saw the trust these men had, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
In Context
6Some of the religious teachers sitting there thought to themselves,
Cross References
Job 33:17to turn them away from doing wrong and to stop them from becoming proud.
Psalms 90:7We are burned up by your anger, terrified by your fury.
Isaiah 38:17It was definitely for my own good I went through this bitter experience. You in your love saved me from the pit of destruction and you have forgiven all my sins.
Matthew 9:2There they brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw how they trusted him, he told the paralyzed man, “My friend, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven.”
Mark 2:9What's easier: to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
Luke 5:20When Jesus saw the trust they had in him, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven.”
Matthew Henry on Mark 2:2-13
The Healing of a Paralytic. 1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let… Read the whole commentary →