Luke 5:21

The men who taught the Jewish laws and the rest of the Pharisees began to think within themselves, “Who does this man think he is, saying that? He is insulting God! ◄Nobody can forgive sins!/What person can forgive sins?► [RHQ] Only God can do that!”

Translation for Translators

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 Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the man, he said to him, “My friend, I forgive your sins!”

22Jesus perceived what they were thinking. So he said to them, “◄You should not think that way about what I said!/Why do you question within yourselves about what I said?► [RHQ] Consider this:

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Cross References

Exodus 34:6Then Yahweh passed in front of him/me and proclaimed, “I am Yahweh God. I always act mercifully and kindly toward people. I do not get angry quickly. I truly love people and I do what I promise to do for them, without changing.

1 Kings 21:10Then find two men who always cause trouble. Give them places to sit opposite/facing him. Tell these men to testify that they heard Naboth say things that criticized God and the king. Then take Naboth out of the city and kill him by throwing stones at him.”

Psalms 35:5Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!

Psalms 130:4But you forgive us, with the result that we greatly revere you.

Isaiah 43:25I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.

Daniel 9:9Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully toward us and you are willing/ready to forgive us.

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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