Luke 5:21

The 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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In The King James Version

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

In Context

20When he saw their faith, Jesus said, “Friend, your sins have been forgiven you.”

22When Jesus became aware of the way in which they were debating, he turned to them and exclaimed, “What are you debating with yourselves?

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Cross References

Psalms 35:5As chaff before wind may they be, with the Lord’s angel pursuing them.

Psalms 130:4But with you is forgiveness, that you may held in awe.

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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