Mark 2:7

Plain English Version

“He can’t say that. Only God can talk like that. This man is talking like he is God. He can’t talk like that. He is shaming God.”

Cross References

Mark 2:6

But some of the Jewish law teachers didn’t like Jesus saying that. Those law teachers were thinking,

Mark 2:8

Straight away, Jesus knew what the Jewish law teachers were thinking, so he said to them, “You are thinking the wrong way. I might say to this man, ‘You did bad things, but I say you are not guilty of them.’ Or I might say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your swag and go home.’ I can do both of those things.

Luke 7:49

The other people there said to each other, “Who does this man think he is? He reckons he can say that somebody is not guilty, and then God will not punish them for the bad things they did.”

John 10:33

The Jewish leaders said, “We don’t want to kill you for doing good things. But you are saying things against God. That is the reason why we have to kill you. You are just a man, but you say that you are God.”

John 10:36

So if I say I am God’s son, I am not saying anything bad against God. I am the one God picked out, and he sent me to this world to do his works.