Luke 5:21

American Standard Version (1901)

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

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  • Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.
  • Ps 32:5 : 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {{Selah
  • Matt 26:65 : 65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:
  • Mark 2:6-7 : 6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, [even] God?
  • Luke 7:49 : 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that even forgiveth sins?
  • John 10:33 : 33 The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council, 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Rom 8:33 : 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth;
  • Luke 5:17 : 17 And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
  • Lev 24:16 : 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name [of Jehovah], shall be put to death.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-14 : 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
  • Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on.
  • Ps 103:3 : 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;
  • Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
  • Dan 9:9 : 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;
  • Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
  • Mic 7:19 : 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Matt 9:3 : 3 And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

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