And he said, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.

and that he had not need that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man.

who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;

This man heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:

remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

But some one will say, Thou hast faith and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and I from my works will shew thee my faith.

He said

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?

He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and he shall bear their iniquities.

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Be of good courage, child; thy sins are forgiven.

And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

For which cause I say to thee, Her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves little.

Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.

But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the person of Christ;

forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any should have a complaint against any; even as the Christ has forgiven you, so also do ye.

Son

And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith has healed thee; go in peace, and be well of thy scourge.

But Jesus turning and seeing her, said, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee. And the woman was healed from that hour.

And he said to her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee; go in peace.

Sins

That he may withdraw man from his work, and hide pride from man.

{Of David. Instruction.} Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases;

Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art become well: sin no more, that something worse do not happen to thee.

On this account many among you are weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

and the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be one who has committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

General references

whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.