⁷ “Why does this man speak like that? ^(A)He is blaspheming! ^(B)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

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^9 (A)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

⁴⁹ Then those who were at table with him began to say among^[a] themselves, ^(A)“Who is this, who even forgives sins?”

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

²⁰ When he had said this, ^(A)he showed them his hands and his side. Then ^(B)the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As ^(C)the Father has sent me, ^(D)even so I am sending you.” ²² And when he had said this, he ^(E)breathed on them and said to them, ^(F)“Receive the Holy Spirit. ^23 (G)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

³⁶ do you say of him whom ^(A)the Father consecrated and ^(B)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because ^(C)I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?