^21 (A)And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? ^(B)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^(A)blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ^(B)make Yourself God.”

⁴⁹ And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, ^(A)“Who is this who even forgives sins?”

⁶ And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? ^(A)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

^11 (A)Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” ¹² And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. ¹³ They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak ^[a]blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;

^65 (A)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His ^(B)blasphemy!

¹⁶ And whoever ^(A)blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the Lord, he shall be put to death.

⁶ And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord ^(A)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in ^(B)goodness and ^(C)truth, ^7 (D)keeping mercy for thousands, ^(E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, ^(F)by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”