King James Version (KJV)
Mark 2:7
“Why doth this [man] thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?”
Verse in context — Mark 2
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, ‹Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.›
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But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
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Why doth this [man] thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
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And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, ‹Why reason ye these things in your hearts?›
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‹Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy,› [Thy] ‹sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?›
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