Mark 2:7

New American Bible - revised edition

“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?”

Cross References

Job 14:4

Can anyone make the unclean clean? No one can.

Psalm 130:4

But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered.

Isaiah 43:25

It is I, I, who wipe out, for my own sake, your offenses; your sins I remember no more.

Daniel 9:9

But to the Lord, our God, belong compassion and forgiveness, though we rebelled against him

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; Who does not persist in anger forever, but instead delights in mercy,

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need have we of witnesses? You have now heard the blasphemy;

Matthew 9:3

At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”

Mark 14:64

You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” They all condemned him as deserving to die.

Mark 2:6

Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves,

Mark 2:8

Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?

Luke 5:21

Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?”

Luke 7:49

The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

John 10:33

The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.”

John 10:36

can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?