Luke 5:20-24
Luke 5:20
Seeing their faith he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
Luke 5:21
Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Luke 5:22
But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?
Luke 5:23
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
Luke 5:24
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.”