20When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."


In Context

17 One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick.

18 Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.

19 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

21 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

22 Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

Luke 5:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:20And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:20And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20And when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Seeing their faith, he said to him, |Man, your sins are forgiven you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20and he having seen their faith, said to him, 'Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20And when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, your sins are forgiven you.