Luke 5:20

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Man, yoʋr sins are forgiven yoʋ.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

In Context

19But when they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down through the tiles, together with his mat, into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus.

21But the scribes and the Pharisees began to question what Jesus said: “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

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Cross References

Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, yoʋr sins are forgiven yoʋ.”

John 2:25He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and began exhorting all the believers to remain true to the Lord with resolute hearts.

2 Corinthians 2:10Now if you forgive anyone of anything, I also forgive him. For if I have forgiven anyone of anything, I have done it for your sake 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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