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Luke 5:23
Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk?
Luke 5:23 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 5:23 in other translations
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?
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In context
20 Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering he said to them: What is it you think in your hearts?
23 Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk?
24 But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee to: Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house.
25 And immediately rising up before them, he took up the bed on which he lay: and he went away to his own house, glorifying God.
26 And all were astonished: and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful things to-day.
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