Luke 5:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And when He saw the evidence of their faith, He said, “Man, your sins are forgiven.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when He saw [their confidence in Him, springing from] their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you! American Standard Version (1901) And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. Common English Bible When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.” Catholic Public Domain Version And when he saw his faith, he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. |
[Upon His arrival] they brought to Him a man afflicted with a paralytic disease, [being carried on his cot. See Mark 2:3]. When Jesus saw [the evidence of] their faith [i.e., the man’s four friends breaking open the roof and lowering him through it. See Mark 2:4-5], He said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up, your sins are forgiven.”
For which is easier, to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or [to say] ‘Get up and walk?’
When Jesus saw [the evidence of] their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
and He did not need anyone to tell Him about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in the hearts of mankind.
Later on Jesus found the man in the Temple, and said to him, “Look, you have been made well; stop sinning or else something worse [i.e., than the handicap you had] will happen to you.”
When he got there and saw how God was favoring the people [with salvation] he was very happy and [stayed on and] encouraged everyone to remain close to the Lord with a heartfelt purpose.
As he listened to Paul, [the apostle] looked at him intently, perceiving that he had [enough] faith to be fully healed [of his lame condition],
Now whomever you forgive [for doing] anything [wrong], I will forgive also. For indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if I have [actually] forgiven anything, has been for your sakes in the sight of Christ. [Note: Paul seems to be saying “Since my forgiveness depends on your forgiveness of the man, I am not sure of my forgiveness because I am not sure of yours”].
Tolerate one another’s [weaknesses] and forgive each other if anyone [of you] has a complaint against someone else. You should forgive people just as the Lord forgave you.
But someone may say, “You have faith and I have [good] deeds.” [I reply], show me your faith without your [good] deeds, and I will show you my faith by my [good] deeds.