Luke 5:19-29

19 But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ¹the roof and let him down ²through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.

20 Seeing their faith, He said, "Friend, ³your sins are forgiven you."

21 The scribes and the Pharisees ⁴began to reason, saying, "⁵Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? ⁶Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

22 But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

23 "Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk '?

24 "But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,"-He said to the ⁷paralytic - "I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home."

25 Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ⁸glorifying God.

26 They were all struck with astonishment and began ⁹glorifying God; and they were filled ¹⁰with fear, saying, "We have seen remarkable things today."

Call of Levi (Matthew)

27 ¹¹After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named ¹²Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me."

28 And he ¹³left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

29 And ¹⁴Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of ¹⁵tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 24:17
• 2. Mark 2:4
• 3. Matthew 9:2
• 4. Luke 3:8
• 5. Luke 7:49
• 6. Isaiah 43:25
• 7. Matthew 4:24
• 8. Matthew 9:8
• 9. Matthew 9:8
• 10. Luke 1:65; Luke 7:16
• 11. Luke 5:27-39: {Matthew 9:9-17; Mark 2:14-22}
• 12. Matthew 9:9
• 13. Luke 5:11
• 14. Matthew 9:9
• 15. Luke 15:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "Man"
• [b]. Or "perceiving"
• [c]. Lit "Astonishment took them all"
• [d]. Also called "Matthew"