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Luke 5:20

And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

KJV

καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν· ἄνθρωπε, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.

Greek NT

Quorum fidem ut vidit, dixit : Homo, remittuntur tibi peccata tua.

Vulgate

And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: εἶπεν | WH/Treg/NIV: εἶπεν | RP: + αὐτῷ
  • εἶπενSBLGNT
  • εἶπενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

There is but one Lord and one God, the Father and Creator of all things, who has loved us in Christ, given us commandments, and remitted our sins; whose Son and Word Christ proved Himself to be, when He forgave our sins. 1. Now this being is the Creator (Demiurgus), who is, in respect of His love, the Father; but in respect of His power, He is Lord; and in respect of His wisdom…

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:12 — I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
  • Acts 14:9 — The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
  • Col 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
  • Col 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
  • Jas 2:18 — Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
  • John 2:25 — And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
  • Luke 7:47 — Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
  • Luke 7:48 — And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
  • Luke 7:49 — And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
  • Luke 12:14 — And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
  • Mark 2:5 — When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
  • Mark 2:5 — When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
  • Matt 8:10 — When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
  • Matt 9:2 — And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.