Matthew 9:2

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Matthew 9:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.

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.”

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

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

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Matthew 4:24

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

Matthew 8:16

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

Mark 1:32

That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all who were sick and demon-possessed,

Mark 2:1

A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

Mark 2:2

they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

Mark 2:3

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

Luke 5:18

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

Luke 5:19

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.

Acts 5:15

As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

Acts 5:16

Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

Acts 19:12

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

Matthew 8:10

When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

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.”

Luke 5:20

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

John 2:25

He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

Acts 14:9

This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

James 2:18

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

Matthew 9:22

Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.

Mark 5:34

“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”

John 21:5

So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.

Psalms 32:1

Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Psalms 32:2

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Isaiah 40:1

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

Luke 7:48

Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

Luke 7:49

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

Luke 7:50

And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Acts 13:38

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

Acts 13:39

Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

Romans 4:6

And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Romans 4:7

“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Romans 4:8

Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

Romans 5:11

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Colossians 1:13

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Colossians 1:14

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.