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“Why does this man speak that way?[a] He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?”(A)

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  1. 2:7 He is blaspheming: an accusation made here and repeated during the trial of Jesus (Mk 14:60–64).

“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”(A)

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

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“Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? (A)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

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10 [a]But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth”—

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  1. 2:10 But that you may know that the Son of Man…on earth: although Mk 2:8–9 are addressed to the scribes, the sudden interruption of thought and structure in Mk 2:10 seems not addressed to them nor to the paralytic. Moreover, the early public use of the designation “Son of Man” to unbelieving scribes is most unlikely. The most probable explanation is that Mark’s insertion of Mk 2:10 is a commentary addressed to Christians for whom he recalls this miracle and who already accept in faith that Jesus is Messiah and Son of God.

10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man(A) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,

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10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

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10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has [a]power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic,

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  1. Mark 2:10 authority