Mark Chapter 2 verse 5 Holy Bible
And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.
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And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.
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But Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven [thee].
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
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Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
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and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Son, thy sins be forgiven thee; literally, thy sins are forgiven. The word "son" is in the Greek the more endearing word (τέκνον) "child." St. Luke uses the word "man." St. Matthew adds the words "Be of good cheer." It is here to be carefully observed that the spiritual gift, the gift of forgiveness, is first conveyed; and we must also notice the authoritative character of the address, "Thy sins are forgiven." Bede observes here that our Lord first forgives his sins, that he might show him that his suffering was ultimately due to sin. Bede also says that he was borne of four, to show that a man is carried onwards by four graces to the assured hope of healing, namely, by prudence, and courage, and righteousness, and temperance. Jesus seeing their faith. Some of the Fathers, as Jerome and Ambrose, think that this faith was in the behavers of the sick man, and in them only. But there is nothing in the words to limit them in this way. Indeed, it would seem far more natural to suppose that the paralytic must have been a consenting party. He must have approved of all that they did, otherwise we can hardly suppose that it would have been done. We may therefore more reasonably conclude, with St. Chrysostom, that it was alike their faith and his that our Lord crowned with his blessing. Thy sins are forgiven. These words of our Lord were not a mere wish only; they were this sick man's sentence of absolution. They were far more than the word of absolution which Christ's ambassadors are authorized to deliver to all those who "truly repent and unfeignedly believe." For Christ could read the heart, which they cannot do. And therefore his sentence is absolute, and not conditional only. It is not the announcement of a qualified gift, but the assertion of an undoubted fact. In his own name, and by his own inherent power, he there and then forgives the man his sins.