Matthew 9:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

For whether is it easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Arise, and walke?

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  • John 5:8-9 : 8 Iesus said vnto him, Rise: take vp thy bed, and walke. 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: and the same day was the Sabbath. 10 The Iewes therefore said to him that was made whole, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed. 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, he said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke. 12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke? 13 And he that was healed, knewe not who it was: for Iesus had conueied himselfe away from the multitude that was in that place. 14 And after that, Iesus founde him in the Temple, and said vnto him, Beholde, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.
  • Mark 2:9-9 : 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sicke of the palsie, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee? or to say, Arise, and take vp thy bed, and walke? 10 But that ye may knowe, that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsie.) 11 I say vnto thee, Arise and take vp thy bed, and get thee hence into thine owne house. 12 And by and by he arose, and tooke vp his bed, and went foorth before them all, in so much that they were all amased, and glorified God, saying, We neuer sawe such a thing.
  • Isa 35:5-6 : 5 Then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened. 6 Then shal ye lame man leape as an hart, and the dumme mans tongue shal sing: for in the wildernes shal waters breake out, & riuers in ye desert.
  • Acts 3:16 : 16 And his Name hath made this man sound, whom ye see, & know, through faith in his Name: and the faith which is by him, hath giuen to him this perfite health of his whole body in the presence of you all.
  • Luke 5:23-25 : 23 Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Rise and walke? 24 But that ye may know that that Sonne of man hath authoritie to forgiue sinnes in earth, (he sayd vnto the sicke of the palsie) I say to thee, Arise: take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house. 25 And immediatly he rose vp before them, and tooke vp his bed whereon he lay, and departed to his owne house, praysing God.
  • John 5:17-18 : 17 But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke. 18 Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him: not onely because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his Father, and made himselfe equall with God.
  • Acts 3:6-9 : 6 Then said Peter, Siluer & gold haue I none, but such as I haue, that giue I thee: In the Name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth, rise vp and walke. 7 And hee tooke him by the right hand, and lift him vp, and immediately his feete and ankle bones receiued strength. 8 And he leaped vp, stoode, and walked, and entred with them into the Temple, walking and leaping, and praysing God. 9 And all the people sawe him walke, and praysing God. 10 And they knewe him, that it was he which sate for the almes at the Beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were amased, and sore astonied at that, which was come vnto him. 11 And as the creeple which was healed, held Peter & Iohn, all the people ranne amased vnto them in the porch which is called Solomos.
  • Acts 4:9-9 : 9 For as much as we this day are examined of the good deede done to the impotent man, to wit, by what meanes he is made whole, 10 Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the Name of Iesvs Christ of Nazareth, whom ye haue crucified, whome God raised againe from the dead, euen by him doth this man stand here before you, whole.
  • Acts 14:8-9 : 8 Nowe there sate a certaine man at Lystra, impotent in his feete, which was a creeple fro his mothers wombe, who had neuer walked. 9 He heard Paul speake: who beholding him, and perceiuing that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loude voyce, Stand vpright on thy feete; he leaped vp, and walked. 11 Then when the people sawe what Paul had done, they lift vp their voyces, saying in ye speach of Lycaonia, Gods are come downe to vs in the likenesse of men.
  • Acts 9:34 : 34 Then said Peter vnto him, Aeneas, Iesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise and trusse thy couch together; he arose immediately.

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  • Luke 5:18-25
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    18Then beholde, men brought a man lying in a bed, which was taken with a palsie, and they sought meanes to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

    19And when they could not finde by what way they might bring him in, because of the preasse, they went vp on the house, and let him downe through the tyling, bed and all, in the middes before Iesus.

    20And when he sawe their faith, he sayd vnto him, Man, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

    21Then the Scribes & the Pharises began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? who can forgiue sinnes, but God onely?

    22But when Iesus perceiued their reasoning, he answered, and sayd vnto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

    23Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Rise and walke?

    24But that ye may know that that Sonne of man hath authoritie to forgiue sinnes in earth, (he sayd vnto the sicke of the palsie) I say to thee, Arise: take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.

    25And immediatly he rose vp before them, and tooke vp his bed whereon he lay, and departed to his owne house, praysing God.

  • Mark 2:4-12
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    4And because they could not come nere vnto him for the multitude, they vncouered ye roofe of the house where hee was: and when they had broken it open, they let downe the bed, wherein the sicke of the palsie lay.

    5Nowe when Iesus sawe their faith, he saide to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

    6And there were certaine of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

    7Why doeth this man speake such blasphemies? who can forgiue sinnes, but God onely?

    8And immediatly when Iesus perceiued in his spirite, that thus they reasoned with themselues, he sayde vnto them, Why reason yee these things in your hearts?

    9Whether is it easier to say to the sicke of the palsie, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee? or to say, Arise, and take vp thy bed, and walke?

    10But that ye may knowe, that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsie.)

    11I say vnto thee, Arise and take vp thy bed, and get thee hence into thine owne house.

    12And by and by he arose, and tooke vp his bed, and went foorth before them all, in so much that they were all amased, and glorified God, saying, We neuer sawe such a thing.

  • Matt 9:6-8
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    6And that ye may knowe that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (then saide he vnto the sicke of the palsie,) Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.

    7And hee arose, and departed to his owne house.

    8So when the multitude sawe it, they marueiled, and glorified God, which had giuen such authoritie to men.

  • Matt 9:2-4
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    2And loe, they brought to him a ma sicke of the palsie, laid on a bed; Iesus seeing their faith, saide to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good comfort: thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

    3And beholde, certaine of the Scribes saide with themselues, This man blasphemeth.

    4But when Iesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore thinke yee euil things in your hearts?

  • John 5:8-14
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    8Iesus said vnto him, Rise: take vp thy bed, and walke.

    9And immediately the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: and the same day was the Sabbath.

    10The Iewes therefore said to him that was made whole, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.

    11He answered them, He that made me whole, he said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke.

    12Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke?

    13And he that was healed, knewe not who it was: for Iesus had conueied himselfe away from the multitude that was in that place.

    14And after that, Iesus founde him in the Temple, and said vnto him, Beholde, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.

  • Luke 7:48-50
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    48And he saide vnto her, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

    49And they that sate at table with him, began to say within themselues, Who is this that euen forgiueth sinnes?

    50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saued thee: goe in peace.

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    19And he saide vnto him, Arise, goe thy way, thy faith hath saued thee.

  • Luke 6:8-9
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    8But he knew their thoughts, and sayd to the man which had the withered hand, Arise, and stand vp in the middes; hee arose, and stoode vp.

    9Then sayd Iesus vnto them, I will aske you a question, Whether is it lawfull on the Sabbath dayes to doe good, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to destroy?

  • John 20:23
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    23Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit, they are remitted vnto them: and whosoeuers sinnes ye reteine, they are reteined.

  • Mark 3:28
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    28Verely I say vnto you, all sinnes shalbe forgiuen vnto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blaspheme:

  • Luke 14:3
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    3Then Iesus answering, spake vnto the Lawyers and Pharises, saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath day?

  • Matt 12:31
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    31Wherefore I say vnto you, euery sinne and blasphemie shalbe forgiuen vnto men: but the blasphemie against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen vnto men.

  • Acts 4:9
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    9For as much as we this day are examined of the good deede done to the impotent man, to wit, by what meanes he is made whole,

  • Mark 3:3-4
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    3Then he saide vnto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: stand forth in the middes.

    4And he saide to them, Is it lawfull to doe a good deede on the Sabbath day, or to doe euil? to saue the life, or to kil? But they held their peace.

  • Luke 7:43
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    43Simon answered, and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgaue most; he said vnto him, Thou hast truely iudged.

  • Matt 6:14
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    14For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you.

  • Mark 9:27
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    27But Iesus tooke his hande, and lift him vp, and he arose.

  • John 5:6
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    6When Iesus sawe him lie, and knew that he nowe long time had bene diseased, he saide vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

  • Matt 11:5
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    5The blinde receiue sight, and the halt doe walke: the lepers are clensed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receiue the Gospel.

  • Acts 13:38
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    38Be it knowen vnto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenesse of sinnes.

  • Jas 5:15
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    15And the prayer of faith shall saue the sicke, and the Lord shall raise him vp: and if he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgiuen him.