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Mark 2:9
Mark 2:9 is verse 9 of Mark chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
King James Version
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
World English Bible
Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk’?
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Mark 2:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
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’?
10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
11 “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 9:5Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
Luke 5:22Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
Luke 5:23Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
Luke 5:24But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
Luke 5:25And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.