And those who sat at table with him began to say within themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?"
And it happened that, as he was sitting down to eat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners arrived, and they sat down to eat with Jesus and his disciples.
And behold, some of the scribes said within themselves, "He is blaspheming."
"Why is this man speaking in this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"