Matthew 9:5

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Matthew 9:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

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?

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

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.”

7 And the man got up and went home.

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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!”

Luke 5:23

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

Luke 5:24

But 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 5:25

And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

John 5:8

Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:9

Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

John 5:10

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

John 5:11

But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

John 5:12

“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.

John 5:13

But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

John 5:14

Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

John 5:18

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Acts 3:6

But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

Acts 3:7

Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

Acts 3:8

He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

Acts 3:9

When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

Acts 3:10

they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Acts 3:11

While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

Acts 3:16

By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.

Acts 4:9

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Acts 4:10

then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

Acts 9:34

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

Acts 14:8

In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

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.

Acts 14:10

In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.

Acts 14:11

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”