Verse 9
Mark 2:9
New Living Translation
9
Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
Original Language Text
greek
τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ· ⸀Ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν· ⸀Ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον ⸂τὸν κράβαττόν σου⸃ καὶ περιπάτει;
English Translation
What is easier to say to the paralytic: "Your sins are forgiven," or to say, "Rise, take up your bed and walk?"
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Chapter 2 Context
1
When Yashua (Jesus) returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was ba...
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Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even ou...
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3
four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
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They couldn’t bring him to Yashua (Jesus) because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof...
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5
Seeing their faith, Yashua (Jesus) said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”
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6
But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,
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7
“What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God (Elohim) can forgive sins!”
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8
Yashua (Jesus) knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this...
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9
Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, a...
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So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Yashua...
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11
“Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
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12
And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all...
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13
Then Yashua (Jesus) went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him.
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14
As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and...
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15
Later, Levi invited Yashua (Jesus) and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many t...
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16
But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and oth...
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17
When Yashua (Jesus) heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor — sick people do....
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18
Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Yashua (Jesus) and as...
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19
Yashua (Jesus) replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. The...
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20
But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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21
“Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away f...
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22
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine a...
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23
One Sabbath day as Yashua (Jesus) was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking...
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24
But the Pharisees said to Yashua (Jesus), “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain o...
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25
Yashua (Jesus) said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his...
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26
He went into the house of God (Elohim) (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the...
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Then Yashua (Jesus) said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people...
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So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”
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