Mark 2:3 References
a Matthew 9:2-8, Luke 5:18-26
Matthew 9
2
aAnd they brought to Him a bparalytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "cTake courage, son; dyour sins are forgiven."
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"But so that you may know that athe Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--then He said to the bparalytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home."
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And he got up and went home.
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But when the crowds saw this, they were awestruck, and aglorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Luke 5
18
aAnd some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him.
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But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on athe roof and let him down bthrough the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.
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The scribes and the Pharisees abegan to reason, saying, "bWho is this man who speaks blasphemies? cWho can forgive sins, but God alone?"
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But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
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"Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
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"But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,"--He said to the aparalytic--"I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home."