7"Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"


In Context

4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.

5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,

7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things?

9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'?

Mark 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Why doth this [man] thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Why doth this man speak thus? he blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Why does this man thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7|Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one — God?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?