49And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
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And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. …
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-49)When and where this passage of story happened does not appear; this evangelist does not observe order of time in his narrative so much as the other evangelists do; but it comes in here, upon occasion of Christ’s being reproached as a friend to publicans and sinners , to show that it was only for their good, and to bring them to repentance, that he conversed with them; and that those whom he admitt…
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