7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
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I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
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.
And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Christ, having been for some time preaching about in the country, here returns to Capernaum his head-quarters, and makes his appearance there, in hopes that by this time the talk and crowd would be somewhat abated. Now observe, I. The great resort there was to him. Though he was in the house , wither Peter’s house, or some lodgings of his own which he had taken, yet people came to him as soon as i…
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