Mark 2:7

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Mark 2:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

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.

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

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Mark 14:64

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

Matthew 26:65

At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

John 10:33

“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”

John 10:36

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Job 14:4

Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

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Isaiah 43:25

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

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But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Luke 7:49

But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

John 20:20

After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

John 20:21

Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

John 20:22

When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

John 20:23

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”