Luke 5:20

He saw their faith and said to him, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus.

21Then the Scribes and Pharisees began to cavil, asking, "Who is this, uttering blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?"

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Cross References

Mark 2:5Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."

John 2:25and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

Acts 11:23On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:10When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes 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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