Bible verse
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 2.
3 Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
4 Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
7 “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.
9 “Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
11 “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
KJV
Why doth this [man] thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
ASV
Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?
ERV
Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?
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