Mark 2:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Is it easier for me to tell this crippled man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and pick up his mat and go on home?

Cross References

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread all over Syria, and people with every kind of sickness or disease were brought to him. Some of them had a lot of demons in them, others were thought to be mad, and still others could not walk. But Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 9:2

Some people soon brought to him a crippled man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, “My friend, don't worry! Your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:5

Is it easier for me to tell this crippled man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk?

Mark 2:10

I will show you that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth.” So Jesus said to the man,

Mark 2:8

Straight away, Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, “Why are you thinking such things?

Luke 7:48

Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”