1 One sick of the palsy, is healed. 5 Remission of sins. 9 Matthew called.  10 Sinners. 17 New wine. 18 The ruler’s daughter raised. 20 A woman healed of a bloody issue. 28 Two blind men by faith receive sight. 32 A dumb man possessed is healed. 37 The harvest and workmen.

Then he [a]entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his [b]own city.

And (A)lo, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy laid on a bed. And Jesus [c]seeing their faith, said to the sick of the palsy, Son be of good comfort: thy sins are forgiven thee.

And behold, certain of the Scribes said with themselves, This man [d]blasphemeth.

But when Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore think ye evil things in your hearts?

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

And that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority in earth to forgive sins (then said he unto the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thine house.

And he arose, and departed to his own house.

So when the multitude saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such authority to men.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:1 Sins are the causes of our afflictions, and Christ only forgiveth them if we believe.
  2. Matthew 9:1 Into Capernaum, for as Theophylact saith, Bethlehem brought him forth, Nazareth brought him up, and Capernaum was his dwelling place.
  3. Matthew 9:2 Knowing by a manifest sign.
  4. Matthew 9:3 To blaspheme, signifieth amongst the divines to speak wickedly: and amongst the more eloquent Grecians, to slander.

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