Luke 5:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

Scribes

Luke 5:17

Luke 7:49

Mark 2:6

Blasphemies

Who can

General references

Luke 5:30

Bible References

Scribes

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every town of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

And those that sat at food with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also?

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

Blasphemies

And he that pronounces the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; the same with the stranger as with the natural, if he pronounces the Name, he shall be put to death.

and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him that he may die.

And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes.

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we do not stone thee, but for blasphemy; and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.

Who can

And as the LORD passed by before him, he proclaimed, I AM, I AM strong, merciful, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth,

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and I have not hid my iniquity. I said, I will confess (against myself) my rebellions unto the LORD, and thou shalt forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases;

Therefore there is forgiveness close to thee, that thou may be feared.

Then come, shall the LORD say, and we shall be even; if your sins were as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow; if they were red like crimson, they shall become as wool.

I, even I, am he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.

I have undone, as a cloud, thy rebellions, and thy sins, as a mist, return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Of the Lord our God is the ability to have mercy and to forgive, even though we have rebelled against him

He will turn again, he will have mercy on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Who shall accuse the chosen of God's? God is he that justifies them.

General references

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?