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When Jesus saw how strongly they believed that he would help, Jesus said to the sick man, “Son, your sins are forgiven!”

But some of the Jewish religious leaders[a] said to themselves as they sat there, “What? This is blasphemy! Does he think he is God? For only God can forgive sins.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:6 religious leaders, literally, “scribes.”

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”(A)

Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”(B)

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