But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

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But some of the Jewish religious leaders[a] said to themselves as they sat there, “What? This is blasphemy! Does he think he is God? For only God can forgive sins.”

Jesus could read their minds and said to them at once, “Why does this bother you?

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:6 religious leaders, literally, “scribes.”

Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak like that? (A)He is blaspheming! (B)Who can forgive sins but God alone?” And immediately Jesus, (C)perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?

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