◄ Luke 5:23 ►
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Good News Translation
Is it easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

New Revised Standard Version
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

Contemporary English Version
Is it easier for me to tell this man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk?

New American Bible
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk?

Matthew 9:5 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?

Mark 2:9 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?

Context
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
…22And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering he said to them: What is it you think in your hearts? 23Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk? 24But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee to: Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:2
And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Matthew 9:5
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?

Luke 5:22
And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering he said to them: What is it you think in your hearts?

Luke 5:24
But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee to: Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house.

Luke 7:48
And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee.

Luke 5:22
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