And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
“Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!”
Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.