Mark 2:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ “Why does this fellow speak like this? He blasphemes! Who can pardon sins but God alone?”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Why does this Man talk like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins [remove guilt, remit the penalty, and bestow righteousness instead] except God alone?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?

Common English Bible

⁷ “Why does he speak this way? He’s insulting God. Only the one God can forgive sins.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ "Why is this man speaking in this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

Mark 2:7 Cross References

Job 14:4

Who can make something pure out of the impure? No one!

Psalm 130:4

For with You there is forgiveness, so You may be revered.

Isaiah 43:25

I, I am the One who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

Daniel 9:9

The Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You pardoning iniquity, overlooking transgression, for the remnant of His heritage? He will not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.

Matthew 26:65

Then the kohen gadol tore his clothes and said, “Blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, you’ve heard the blasphemy.

Matthew 9:3

Then some of the Torah scholars said among themselves, “This fellow blasphemes!”

Mark 14:64

You’ve heard the blasphemy. What seems right to you?” Then all condemned Him as deserving death.

Mark 2:6

But some of the Torah scholars were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

Mark 2:8

Immediately Yeshua, knowing in His spirit that they were raising questions this way within themselves, said to them, “Why are you questioning these things in your hearts?

Luke 5:21

Then the Torah scholars and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this fellow speaking blasphemies? Who can pardon sins but God alone?”

Luke 7:49

But those who were reclining at table with Him began to say to one another, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”

John 10:33

The Judean leaders answered, “We aren’t stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy. Though You are a man, You make Yourself God!”

John 10:36

do you say of Him, the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You speak blasphemy,’ because I said, ‘I am Ben-Elohim’?