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Mark 2:9

Forgiveness

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.

“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.”

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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
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
KJV
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?
WEB
Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk’?
ASV
Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
DARBY
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?
BLB
Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your mat, and walk’?
ÅB
Hva er lettest, enten å si til den verkbrudne: Dine synder er deg tilgitt, eller å si: Stå opp og ta din seng og gå?
OTB
Hva tror dere er enklere: å si til denne lamme mannen: 'Dine synder er tilgitt,' eller å si: 'Stå opp, ta matten din og gå'?
B1930
Hvad er lettest, enten å si til den verkbrudne: Dine synder er dig forlatt, eller å si: Stå op og ta din seng og gå?

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