Luke 5:20

When he saw their faith, Jesus said, “Friend, your sins have been 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

19but, finding no way of getting him in owing to the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles, with his pallet, into the middle of the people and in front of Jesus.

21The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began debating about this. “Who is this man who speaks so blasphemously?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins except God?”

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Cross References

Psalms 90:7For your anger consumes us, the heat of your wrath confounds us.

Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”

John 2:25He did not need anyone to tell him about people because he could read what was in them.

Acts 11:23On coming there he saw to his great joy these tokens of the loving kindness of God, and encouraged them all to make up their minds to be faithful to the Lord –

2 Corinthians 2:10Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven 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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