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Luke 5:23

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Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

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  1. 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?

  2. Luke 5:22

    But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

  3. Luke 5:24

    But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

  4. Luke 5:25

    And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

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