Luke 5:23

American Standard Version

Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?

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Luke 5:23 in other translations

Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’

Luke 5:23 · World English Bible

Luke 5:23 in context

  1. 21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
  2. 22But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
  3. 23Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?
  4. 24But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy house.
  5. 25And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God.