but he that shall blaspheme against the holy Ghost, shall never be pardoned, but shall be obnoxious to eternal punishment.

tho' they see, they will not perceive, and tho' they hear they will not understand: as if they were afraid of parting with their vices, in order to be pardoned.

Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."

"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"

Which is easier?--to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;