Luke 5:18

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Luke 5:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

17 One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

18 Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

19 but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matthew 9:2

Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:3

On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”

Matthew 9:4

But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?

Matthew 9:5

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’

Matthew 9:6

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

Matthew 9:7

And the man got up and went home.

Matthew 9:8

When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Mark 2:3

Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

Mark 2:4

Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.

Mark 2:5

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Mark 2:6

But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

Mark 2:7

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Mark 2:8

At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

Mark 2:9

“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

Mark 2:10

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

Mark 2:11

“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

Mark 2:12

And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

John 5:5

One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

Acts 9:33

There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.