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Mark 2:7

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

KJV

τί οὗτος οὕτως λαλεῖ; βλασφημεῖ· τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός;

Greek NT

Quid hic sic loquitur ? blasphemat. Quis potest dimittere peccata, nisi solus Deus ?

Vulgate

Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?

ASV

Why doth this man speak thus? He blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βλασφημέω
blasphemeo
verb · 34×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: βλασφημεῖ | WH/Treg/NIV: βλασφημεῖ | RP: βλασφημίας
  • βλασφημεῖSBLGNT
  • βλασφημεῖWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • βλασφημίαςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§574From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy him.317 Because of certain acts of his expelling demons, forgiving sins, healing on the sabbath day, his novel interpretation of the precepts of the Law regarding purity, and his familiarity with tax collectors and public sinners318…
§589Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward sinners with God's own attitude toward them.367 He went so far as to hint that by sharing the table of sinners he was admitting them to the messianic banquet.368 But it was most especially by forgiving sins that Jesus placed the religious authorities of Israel on the horns of a dilemma. Were they not en…
§1421The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health,3 has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing: the sacrament of Penance and the sacrament of Anointing of th…
…and 3 more from this source.

Cross-references

  • Dan 9:9 — To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
  • Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Job 14:4 — Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
  • John 10:33 — The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
  • John 20:20 — And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
  • 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?
  • Luke 7:49 — And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
  • Luke 7:49 — And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
  • Mark 14:64 — Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
  • Matt 9:3 — And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
  • Matt 26:65 — Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
  • Mic 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
  • Ps 130:4 — But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.