Matthew 9:5
Good News Translation
Is it easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

New Revised Standard Version
For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

Contemporary English Version
Is it easier for me to tell this man his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk?

New American Bible
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?

whether.

Mark 2:9-12 Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed and walk? . . .

Luke 5:23-25 Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk? . . .

Arise.

Isaiah 35:5,6 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. . . .

John 5:8-14,17,18 Jesus saith to him: Arise, take up thy bed and walk. . . .

Acts 3:6-11,16 But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk. . . .

Acts 4:9,10 If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole: . . .

Acts 9:34 And Peter said to him: Eneas, the Lord Jesus Christ healeth thee. Arise and make thy bed. And immediately he arose.

Acts 14:8-11 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. . . .

Context
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
4And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk? 6But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:2
And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Matthew 9:6
But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

Mark 2:5
And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Mark 2:9
Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed and walk?

Luke 5:20
Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Luke 5:23
Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk?

Luke 7:48
And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee.

Matthew 9:4
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