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[a]But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic, “Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:6 It is not clear whether But that you may know…to forgive sins is intended to be a continuation of the words of Jesus or a parenthetical comment of the evangelist to those who would hear or read this gospel. In any case, Matthew here follows the Marcan text.

But I want you to know that the Son of Man(A) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.”

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