Luke 5:21

The scribes and Pharisees charge Jesus with blasphemy, since only God can forgive sins. Their objection unintentionally affirms his divine claim.

Cross-references · 21

• Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Luke 7:49And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
• Mark 2:6–7But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
• Acts 6:11–13Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
• John 10:33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
• Matt 26:65Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
• Ps 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
• 1 Kgs 21:10–14And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
• Dan 9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Lev 24:16And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
• Isa 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
• Ps 130:4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
• Exod 34:6–7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
• Rom 8:33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
• Dan 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
• Ps 103:3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
• Isa 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Mic 7:19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
• Ps 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
• Matt 9:3And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
• Luke 5:17And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

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