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Luke 5:21

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The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

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Luke 5:21 in other translations

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

Luke 5:21 · American Standard Version

Luke 5:21 in context

  1. 19Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.
  2. 20Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
  3. 21The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
  4. 22But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
  5. 23Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’