Matthew 9:6

To prove the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins, Jesus commands the paralytic to get up and go home. The healing confirms his divine authority.

Cross-references · 19

• Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Matt 9:5For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
• John 20:21–23Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
• 2 Cor 2:10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
• John 5:21–23For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• Luke 13:11–13And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
• Matt 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• Acts 7:59–60And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
• Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
• Mark 2:10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
• John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
• Mark 2:7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
• 2 Cor 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
• Luke 5:21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
• Acts 9:34And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
• John 10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• Eph 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
• Col 3:13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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