'Sins' in the Bible

John was baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

People from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, being baptized by him while they confessed their sins.

When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

"Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven,' or "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk'?

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" Then he told the paralyzed man,

I tell all of you with certainty, people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.

"Whenever you stand up to pray, forgive whatever you have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.

But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins."