Mark 2:8

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?”

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,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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?
WEB
Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
ASV
And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
DARBY
And straightway Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they are reasoning thus within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
BLB
And immediately Jesus, having known in His spirit that they are reasoning thus in themselves, says to them, “Why do you⁺ reason these things in your⁺ hearts?
ÅB
Og Jesus kjente straks i sin ånd at de tenkte så ved seg selv, og han sa til dem: Hvorfor tenker dere slikt i deres hjerter?
OTB
Straks var Jesus klar over i sin ånd at de tenkte slik i seg selv, og han sa til dem: "Hvorfor tenker dere disse tingene i deres hjerter?
B1930
Og Jesus kjente straks i sin ånd at de tenkte så ved sig selv, og han sa til dem: Hvorfor tenker I slikt i eders hjerter?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 139:2

    You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

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  • Ezekiel 38:10

    This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

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  • John 2:24–25

    But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

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  • John 6:64

    However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)

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  • Luke 24:38

    “Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

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  • Luke 5:22

    Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

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  • Luke 6:8

    But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

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  • Hebrews 4:13

    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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