Mark 2:8 · KJV
“And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?”
— Mark 2:8
Why doth this {man} thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, {Thy} sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mark 2 — Context
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7Why doth this {man} thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, {Thy} sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Cross References
Psalms 139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Luke 24:38
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luke 5:22
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Ezekiel 38:10
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, {that} at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: {think...: or, conceive a mischievous purpose}
John 2:24-25
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all {men},
Luke 6:8
But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
Matthew 9:4
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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