Mark 2:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Why does he speak like this? He’s blaspheming!  Who can forgive  sins  but God alone? ’

Cross References

Isaiah 43:25

‘I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions for my own sake and remember your sins no more.

Luke 5:21

Then the scribes and the Pharisees  began to think to themselves, ‘Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? ’

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger for ever because he delights in faithful love.

Daniel 9:9

Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him

Luke 7:49

Those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, ‘Who is this man who even forgives sins? ’

Job 14:4

Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!

John 10:33

‘We aren’t stoning  you for a good work,’ the Jews answered, ‘but for blasphemy, because you #– #being a man #– #make yourself God.’

Mark 14:64

You have heard the blasphemy.  What is your decision? ’ They all condemned him as deserving death.

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, ‘He has blasphemed!  Why do we still need witnesses? See, now you’ve heard the blasphemy.

Matthew 9:3

At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, ‘He’s blaspheming! ’

John 10:36

do you say, “You are blaspheming” to the one the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?

Mark 2:6

But some of the scribes  were sitting there, questioning  in their hearts:

Mark 2:8

Straight away  Jesus perceived in his spirit  that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, ‘Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?