Luke 5:23
“Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?”
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
Related Verses
“And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?”
“And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.”
“And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?”
“There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.”
“Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.”