17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Faith
• Forgiveness

• Healing the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof

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

• Acts 5:15 — Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
• Acts 14:9 — The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
• Acts 19:12 — So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
• Acts 23:11 — And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
• Col 1:12 — Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
• Isa 6:7 — And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
• Isa 40:1 — Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
• Isa 44:22 — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
• 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.
• Jas 5:15 — And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
• Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
• John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• John 21:5 — Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
• Luke 5:18 — And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
• Luke 5:18 — And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
• Luke 5:20 — And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
• 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 8:48 — And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
• Mark 1:32 — And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
• Mark 2:1 — And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
• Mark 2:5 — When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
• Mark 5:34 — And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
• Mark 5:34 — And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
• Matt 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lu
• Matt 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lu
• Matt 8:6 — And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
• 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 8:16 — When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
• Matt 9:6 — But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
• Matt 9:22 — But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
• Matt 9:22 — But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
• Matt 14:27 — But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
• Ps 32:1 — Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
• Ps 103:3 — Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
• Rom 4:6 — Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
• Rom 4:7 — Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
• Rom 5:11 — And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
• Ruth 2:8 — Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: