Luke 5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
KJV
καὶ ἤρξαντο διαλογίζεσθαι οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι λέγοντες· τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὃς λαλεῖ βλασφημίας; τίς δύναται ἁμαρτίας ἀφεῖναι εἰ μὴ μόνος ὁ θεός;
Greek NT
Et cœperunt cogitare scribæ et pharisæi, dicentes : Quis est hic, qui loquitur blasphemias ? quis potest dimittere peccata, nisi solus Deus ?
Vulgate
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
ASV
And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἁμαρτίας ἀφεῖναι — SBLGNT
- ἁμαρτίας ἀφεῖναι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀφεῖναι ἁμαρτίας — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- Luke 7:49 — And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
- Mark 2:6 — But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Mark 2:6 — But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Mark 2:7 — Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
- Matt 9:3 — And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
- Matt 15:1 — Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
- Matt 21:10 — And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?