Mark 2:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Cross References

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him,

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest tore his robes, and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.

Matthew 9:3

And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”

Mark 14:64

You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.

Mark 2:6

Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

Mark 2:8

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question thus in your hearts?

Luke 5:21

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?”

Luke 7:49

Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”

John 10:33

The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

John 10:36

do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?