Luke 5:21-24

21 The scribes and the Pharisees ¹began to reason, saying, "²Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? ³Who 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 ⁴paralytic - "I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home."

Cross References

• 1. Luke 3:8
• 2. Luke 7:49
• 3. Isaiah 43:25
• 4. Matthew 4:24

Footnotes

• [a] Or "perceiving"