Jesus Heals a Paralytic
Mark 2:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk’?
- ASV
- Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
- LSV
- Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise, and take up your pallet, and walk?
- YLT
- which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?
- DBY
- Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?
- DRC
- Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk?
- GNV
- Whether is it easier to say to the sicke of the palsie, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee? or to say, Arise, and take vp thy bed, and walke?
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀφίενταί (“Are forgiven”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἀφέωνταί (“have been forgiven”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read σου (“of you”); Textus Receptus read σοί (“to you”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010) read ἔγειρε (“do arise”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἔγειραι (“to raise up”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read Ἐγείρου (“do be risen”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τὸν elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place κράβαττόν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: Ἀφίενταί. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἀφίενταί; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἀφέωνταί.
- SBLGNT: Ἔγειρε. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἔγειρε; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read Ἐγείρου; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἔγειραι.
- SBLGNT: τὸν κράβαττόν σου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὸν κράβαττόν σου; Robinson–Pierpont read σου τὸν κράββατον.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ· Ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν· Ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει;
- RP2018
- Τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, Ἀφέωνταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, Ἔγειραι, καὶ ἆρόν σου τὸν κράββατον, καὶ περιπάτει;
- TR-Boyd
- Τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, Ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, Ἔγειραι, καὶ ἆρόν σου τὸν κράββατον, καὶ περιπάτει;
- SCR1894
- τι εστιν ευκοπωτερον ειπειν τω παραλυτικω αφεωνται σοι αι αμαρτιαι η ειπειν εγειραι και αρον σου τον κραββατον και περιπατει
Who and where
◆ Healing the Man with Palsy
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PalsyCapernaumMiracles of Christ, TheForgivenessUnbeliefMark, the Gospel According toMiraclesJesus ChristJesus, the Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 5:22–25Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’ But so that you may know that the Son…
- Matthew 9:5Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
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