Luke 5:20

And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And when they could not thus introduce him, because of the multitude of the people, they ascended to the roof, and let him down with the couch, from the covering, into the midst, before Jesus.

21And the Scribes and Pharisees began to reason, and to say: Who is this that speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, but God only?

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Cross References

Mark 2:5And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

John 2:25And he needed not that any one should testify to him respecting any man; for he himself knew what is in man.

Acts 11:23And when he came there, and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced: and he entreated them, that with all their heart, they would adhere to our Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:10And whom ye forgive, I also forgive: for that which I forgave to any one, for your sakes I forgave it, in the presence of the Messiah;

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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