Verse 7
Mark 2:7
Literal Standard Version
7
“Why does this One thus speak evil words? Who is able to forgive sins except one—God (Elohim)?”
Original Language Text
greek
Τί οὗτος οὕτως λαλεῖ; ⸀βλασφημεῖ· τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός;
English Translation
Why does this man speak like this? He blasphemes; who can forgive sins except one, God?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
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And again He entered into Capernaum, after some days, and it was heard that He is in the house,
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and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, a...
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And they come to Him, bringing a paralytic, carried by four,
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and not being able to come near to Him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where He wa...
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and Yashua (Jesus) having seen their faith, says to the paralytic, “Child, your sins have been forgi...
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And there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
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“Why does this One thus speak evil words? Who is able to forgive sins except one—God (Elohim)?”
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And immediately Yashua (Jesus), having known in His spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said...
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9
Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise, and take up your...
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10
And that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins—(He says to the...
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I say to you, rise, and take up your pallet, and go away to your house”;
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and he rose immediately, and having taken up the pallet, he went forth before all, so that all were...
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13
And He went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming to Him, and He was teaching the...
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14
and passing by, He saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax office, and says to him, “Follow Me,” and...
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15
And it came to pass, in His reclining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were dining...
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And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said...
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And Yashua (Jesus), having heard, says to them, “They who are strong have no need of a physician, bu...
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And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to Him, “Wh...
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And Yashua (Jesus) said to them, “Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is wi...
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but days will come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they will fast—in those days...
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And no one sews a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, and if not—the new, filling it up, tak...
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and no one puts new wine into old skins, and if not—the new wine bursts the skins, and the wine is p...
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And it came to pass—He is going along on the Sabbaths through the grainfields—and His disciples bega...
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and the Pharisees said to Him, “Behold, why do they do on the Sabbaths that which is not lawful?”
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And He said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and thos...
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How he went into the house of God (Elohim), in the days of Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the Br...
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And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,
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so that the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
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