Mark 2:7

Amplified Bible

“Why does this man talk that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins [remove guilt, nullify sin’s penalty, and assign righteousness] except God alone?”

Cross References

Job 14:4

“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean? No one! [Is 1:18; 1 John 1:7]

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared and worshiped [with submissive wonder]. [Deut 10:12]

Isaiah 43:25

¶“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and lovingkindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest tore his robes [in mock horror] and exclaimed, “He has blasphemed [by making Himself God’s equal]! What further need have we of witnesses or evidence? See, you have now heard the blasphemy. [Lev 24:16; Num 14:6]

Matthew 9:3

And some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes [by claiming the rights and prerogatives of God]!”

Mark 14:64

You have heard the blasphemy [that is, His claim to be the Son of God]. What is your decision?” And they all condemned Him to be [guilty and] deserving of death. [Lev 24:16]

Mark 2:6

But some of the scribes were sitting there debating in their hearts [the implication of what He had said],

Mark 2:8

Immediately Jesus, being fully aware [of their hostility] and knowing in His spirit that they were thinking this, said to them, “Why are you debating and arguing about these things in your hearts?

Luke 5:21

The scribes and the Pharisees began to consider and question [the implications of what He had said], saying, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies [by claiming the rights and prerogatives of God]? Who can forgive sins [that is, remove guilt, nullify sin’s penalty, and assign righteousness] except God alone?”

Luke 7:49

Those who were reclining at the table with Him began saying among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

John 10:33

The Jews answered Him, “We are not going to stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere man, make Yourself out to be God.”

John 10:36

[if that is true] then do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?