All the dinner guests said among themselves, “Who is the one who can even forgive sins?”
“Who does he think he is to speak this way? This is blasphemy for sure! Only God himself can forgive sins!”
These words prompted some of the religious scholars to think, “Why, that’s nothing but blasphemy!”
Jesus went to Matthew’s house and made himself at home. Many other tax collectors and outcasts of society were invited to eat with Jesus and his disciples.