“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:7 (WEB)
Context Reading
5Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven you.” 6But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them,“Why do you reason these things in your hearts? 9Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk’?