Matthew 9:5 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 9:5

For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

KJV

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ASV

For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?

WEB

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’

YLT

for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?

DBT

For which is easier: to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise up and walk?

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

11 verses on the floor

John 5:8–14
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
Mark 2:9–12
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Acts 3:16
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Luke 5:23–25
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Acts 14:8–11
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Where observe, (1.) How he asserts his authority in the kingdom of grace. He undertakes to make out, that the Son of man, the Mediator, has power on earth to forgive sins; for therefore the Father has committed all judgment to the Son, and has given him this authority, because he is the Son of man, John

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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The walk5

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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