Mark 2:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise up, take up your stretcher, and walk?'

Cross References

Matthew 4:24

And reports of him went out to all of Syria, and they brought to him all those who had maladies, those who were in the grasp of various sicknesses and torments, and those who were in the hold of demons, and the mentally ill, and paralytics. And he cured them.

Matthew 9:2

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Be strengthened in faith, son; your sins are forgiven you."

Matthew 9:5

Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise up and walk?'

Mark 2:10

But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins," he said to the paralytic:

Mark 2:8

At once, Jesus, realizing in his spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, said to them: "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

Luke 7:48

Then he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven you."