The people sitting at the table began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
As Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with Jesus and his followers.
Some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This man speaks as if he were God. That is blasphemy!”
“Why does this man say things like that? He is speaking as if he were God. Only God can forgive sins.”