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 who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
• Matt 9:5For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk?’
• John 20:21–23Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
• 2 Cor 2:10Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
• John 5:21–23For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
• Luke 13:11–13Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
• Matt 8:20Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
• Acts 7:59–60They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
• Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
• Mark 2:10But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralytic —
• John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
• Mark 2:7“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
• 2 Cor 5:20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
• Luke 5:21The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
• Acts 9:34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!” Immediately he arose.
• John 10:28I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
• Eph 4:32And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
• Col 3:13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

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