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Jesus Heals a Paralytic

Luke 5:20

In 9 translations

BSB
When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
KJV
And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
WEB
Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
ASV
And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
LSV
and He having seen their faith, said to him, “Man, your sins have been forgiven you.”
YLT
and he having seen their faith, said to him, 'Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
DBY
And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
DRC
Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
GNV
And when he sawe their faith, he sayd vnto him, Man, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτῷ (“to him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: εἶπεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἶπεν; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτῷ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν· Ἄνθρωπε, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.
RP2018
Καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν, εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἄνθρωπε, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν, εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἄνθρωπε, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.
SCR1894
και ιδων την πιστιν αυτων ειπεν αυτω ανθρωπε αφεωνται σοι αι αμαρτιαι σου

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◆ Healing the Man with Palsy

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 14:9This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
  • Matthew 9:2Just 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.”
  • Colossians 3:13Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
  • James 2:18But 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.
  • John 2:25He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
  • Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
  • Luke 7:48Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
  • Genesis 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
  • 2 Corinthians 2:10If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
  • Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
  • Psalms 90:7–8For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
  • Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  • John 5:14Afterward, 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.”
  • Psalms 107:17–18Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
  • James 5:14–15Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise…

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