Matthew 9:6

New International Reader's Version

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he spoke to the man who could not walk. “Get up,” he said. “Take your mat and go home.”

Cross References

Isaiah 43:25

“I am the one who wipes out your lawless acts. I do it because of who I am. I will not remember your sins anymore.

Micah 7:18

Lord, who is a God like you? You forgive sin. You forgive your people when they do what is wrong. You don’t stay angry forever. Instead, you take delight in showing your faithful love to them.

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread all over Syria. People brought to him all who were ill with different kinds of sicknesses. Some were suffering great pain. Others were controlled by demons. Some were shaking wildly. Others couldn’t move at all. And Jesus healed all of them.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Matthew 9:2

Some men brought to him a man who could not walk. He was lying on a mat. Jesus saw that they had faith. So he said to the man, “Don’t lose hope, 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

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So Jesus spoke to the man who could not walk.

Mark 2:7

“Why is this fellow talking like that? He’s saying a very evil thing! Only God can forgive sins!”

Luke 5:21

The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to think, “Who is this fellow who says such an evil thing? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never die. No one will steal them out of my hand.

John 17:2

You gave him authority over all people. He gives eternal life to all those you have given him.

John 5:27

And the Father has given him the authority to judge. This is because he is the Son of Man.

John 5:8

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

Acts 5:31

Now Jesus is Prince and Savior. God has proved this by giving Jesus a place of honor with him. He did it to turn Israel away from their sins and forgive them.

Acts 9:34

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up! Roll up your mat!” So Aeneas got up right away.

2 Corinthians 2:10

Anyone you forgive I also forgive. Was there anything to forgive? If so, I have forgiven it for your benefit, knowing that Christ is watching.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are Christ’s official messengers. It is as if God were making his appeal through us. Here is what Christ wants us to beg you to do. Come back to God!

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tender to one another. Forgive one another, just as God forgave you because of what Christ has done.

Colossians 3:13

Put up with one another. Forgive one another if you are holding something against someone. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you.