Luke 5:21

New Century Version

The Jewish teachers of the law and the Pharisees thought to themselves, “Who is this man who is speaking as if he were God? Only God can forgive sins.”

Cross References

Psalm 103:3

He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.

Psalm 130:4

But you forgive us, so you are respected.

Psalm 32:5

Then I confessed my sins to you and didn’t hide my guilt. I said, “I will confess my sins to the Lord,” and you forgave my guilt.Selah

Psalm 35:5

Make them like chaff blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord forces them away.

Isaiah 1:18

The Lord says, “Come, let us talk about these things. Though your sins are like scarlet, they can be as white as snow. Though your sins are deep red, they can be white like wool.

Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am the One who erases all your sins, for my sake; I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your sins like a big cloud; I have removed your sins like a cloud that disappears into the air. Come back to me because I saved you.”

Daniel 9:19

Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear us and do something! For your sake, don’t wait, because your city and your people are called by your name.”

Daniel 9:9

“But, Lord our God, you show us mercy and forgive us even though we have turned against you.

Leviticus 24:16

Anyone who speaks against the Lord must be put to death; all the people must kill him by throwing stones at him. Foreigners must be punished just like the people born in Israel; if they speak against the Lord, they must be put to death.

Micah 7:19

You will have mercy on us again; you will conquer our sins. You will throw away all our sins into the deepest part of the sea.

Matthew 26:65

When the high priest heard this, he tore his clothes and said, “This man has said things that are against God! We don’t need any more witnesses; you all heard him say these things against God.

Matthew 9:3

Some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This man speaks as if he were God. That is blasphemy!”

Luke 3:8

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives. Don’t begin to say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

Luke 5:17

One day as Jesus was teaching the people, the Pharisees and teachers of the law from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem were there. The Lord was giving Jesus the power to heal people.

Luke 5:22

But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why are you thinking these things?

Luke 7:49

The people sitting at the table began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

John 10:33

They answered, “We are not killing you because of any good work you did, but because you speak against God. You are only a human, but you say you are the same as God!”

Romans 8:33

Who can accuse the people God has chosen? No one, because God is the One who makes them right.