Luke 5:23

Which is easier: to say, Your chatta'im have been granted selicha, or to say, Get up and walk?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

In Context

22But he having had daas of their machshavot (thoughts), said to them in reply, Why are you reasoning in your levavot?

24But in order that you may have da'as that the Bar Enosh + 5:24 Moshiach, Dan 7:13 has samchut on HaAretz to grant selicha to chatta'im, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to the one having been paralyzed, To you I say, Get up, pick up your mat, and go to your bais (house, home).

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Cross References

Mark 2:9Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, Your averos are granted selicha, or to say, Stand and pick up your mat and walk?

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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