Luke 5:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason and question and argue, saying, Who is this [Man] Who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

Common English Bible

²¹ The legal experts and Pharisees began to mutter among themselves, “Who is this who insults God? Only God can forgive sins!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: "Who is this, who is speaking blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins, except God alone?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

Luke 5:21 Cross References

Psalm 103:3

who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my trangressions to the Lord”; then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Selah

Psalm 35:5

Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on!

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Daniel 9:19

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, give heed and act; delay not, for thy own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him,

Leviticus 24:16

He who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him; the sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

Micah 7:19

He will again have compassion upon us, he will tread our iniquities under foot. Thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest tore his robes, and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.

Matthew 9:3

And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”

Luke 3:8

Bear fruits that befit repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 5:17

On one of those days, as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

Luke 5:22

When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts?

Luke 7:49

Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”

John 10:33

The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

Romans 8:33

Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies;