KJV King James Version
And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
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Luke 5:20
And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
WEB World English Bible
Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
ASV American Standard Version
And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he having seen their faith, said to him, ‘Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.’
Surrounding context — Luke 5
17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was [present] to heal them.
18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought [means] to bring him in, and to lay [him] before him.
19 And when they could not find by what [way] they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with [his] couch into the midst before Jesus.
20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἰδὼνG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπίστινG4102 · pistisfaithαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayἄνθρωπε,G444 · anthrōposa humanἀφέωνταίG863 · aphiēmito release: leaveσοιG4771 · suyouαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁμαρτίαιG266 · hamartiasinσου.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Acts 14:9The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.Colossians 3:13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.Luke 7:48And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.John 2:25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.James 2:18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.Genesis 22:12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.2 Corinthians 2:10To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I it] in the person of Christ;Psalm 90:7-8For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.Psalm 107:17-18Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.John 5:14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.James 5:14-15Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
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