Matthew 9:6

Good News Translation

I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”

Cross References

Isaiah 43:25

And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.

Micah 7:18

There is no other god like you, O Lord; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

Matthew 4:24

The news about him spread through the whole country of Syria, so that people brought to him all those who were sick, suffering from all kinds of diseases and disorders: people with demons, and epileptics, and paralyzed people—and Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.”

Matthew 9:2

where some people brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the paralyzed man, “Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:5

Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

Matthew 9:7

The man got up and went home.

Mark 2:10

I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man,

Mark 2:7

“How does he dare talk like this? This is blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”

Luke 5:21

The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks such blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me.

John 17:2

For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

John 5:27

And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

John 5:8

Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

Acts 5:31

God raised him to his right side as Leader and Savior, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.

Acts 9:34

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ makes you well. Get up and make your bed.” At once Aeneas got up.

2 Corinthians 2:10

When you forgive people for what they have done, I forgive them too. For when I forgive—if, indeed, I need to forgive anything—I do it in Christ's presence because of you,

2 Corinthians 5:20

Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends!

Ephesians 4:32

Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.

Colossians 3:13

Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you.