Mark 2:7 - English Standard Version 2016 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why does this Man talk like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins [remove guilt, remit the penalty, and bestow righteousness instead] except God alone? American Standard Version (1901) Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God? Common English Bible “Why does he speak this way? He’s insulting God. Only the one God can forgive sins.” Catholic Public Domain Version "Why is this man speaking in this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why doth this man speak thus? he blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only? |
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.
And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
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’?