Mark 2:5

Contemporary English Version

When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, your sins are forgiven."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins

King James Version (1611)
When Iesus saw their faith, hee said vnto the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, thy sinnes be forgiuen thee.

King James Version
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

English Standard Version
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

New Century Version
When Jesus saw the faith of these people, he said to the paralyzed man, "Young man, your sins are forgiven."

Amplified Bible
When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."

Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

Complete Jewish Bible
Seeing their trust, Yeshua said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

Darby Translation
But Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven [thee].

Easy-to-Read Version
When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the paralyzed man, "Young man, your sins are forgiven."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe when Iesus sawe their faith, he saide to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

George Lamsa Translation
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, My son, your sins are forgiven.

Good News Translation
Seeing how much faith they had, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

Lexham English Bible
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."

Literal Translation
And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, Child, your sins are forgiven to you.

American Standard Version
And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.

Bible in Basic English
And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

International Standard Version
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

Etheridge Translation
When Jeshu saw their faith, he said to the paralytic himself, My son, forgiven to thee are thy sins.

Murdock Translation
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Iesus sawe their fayth, he saide vnto the sicke of the paulsie: Sonne, thy synnes be forgeuen thee.

English Revised Version
And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.

World English Bible
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Weymouth's New Testament
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn the feith of hem, he seide to the sijk man in palesie, Sone, thi synnes ben foryouun to thee.

Update Bible Version
And Jesus seeing their faith says to the sick of the palsy, Son, your sins are forgiven.

Webster's Bible Translation
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick with the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

New English Translation
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

New King James Version
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

New Living Translation
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "My child, your sins are forgiven."

New Life Bible
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the sick man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

New Revised Standard
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, Jesus, seeing their faith, saith unto the paralytic - Child! forgiven are thy sins!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Revised Standard Version
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Iesus sawe their fayth he sayde to the sicke of the palsie sonne thy sinnes are forgeven the.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But when Iesus sawe their faith, he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsye: My sonne, thy synnes are forgeuen the.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus perceiving their faith, said to the sick of the palsy, son, thy sins are forgiven.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He said to the paralyzed man, "Your sins have been forgotten."

Contextual Overview

¹ Jesus went back to Capernaum, and a few days later people heard that he was at home. ² Then so many of them came to the house that there wasn't even standing room left in front of the door. Jesus was still teaching ³ when four people came up, carrying a crippled man on a mat. ⁴ But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone. ⁵ When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, your sins are forgiven." ⁶ Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses were sitting there. They started wondering, ⁷ "Why would he say such a thing? He must think he is God! Only God can forgive sins." ⁸ Right away, Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why are you thinking such things? ⁹ Is it easier for me to tell this crippled man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and pick up his mat and go on home? ¹⁰ I will show you that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth." So Jesus said to the man,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saw: Genesis 22:12, John 2:25, Acts 11:23, Acts 14:9, Ephesians 2:8, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:4, James 2:18-22

he said: Mark 2:9, Mark 2:10, Isaiah 53:11, Matthew 9:2, Luke 5:20, Luke 7:47-50, Acts 5:31, 2 Corinthians 2:10, Colossians 3:13

Son: The Jews believed that not only death but all disease was the consequence of sin. "There is no death without sin, nor any chastisement without iniquity;" and that "no diseased person could be healed of his disease till his sins were blotted out." Our Lord, therefore, as usual, appeals to their received opinions, and asserts his high dignity, by first forgiving the sins, and then healing the body of the paralytic. Mark 5:34, Matthew 9:22, Luke 8:48

sins: Job 33:17-26, Psalms 32:1-5, Psalms 90:7-9, Psalms 103:3, Isaiah 38:17, John 5:14, 1 Corinthians 11:30, James 5:15

Reciprocal: Luke 7:48 - Thy John 20:23 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.

Genesis 2:11
The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,

Genesis 2:12
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made.

Genesis 4:2
Later she had another son and named him Abel. Abel became a sheep farmer, but Cain farmed the land.

Genesis 4:12
If you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.

Job 5:10
God sends showers on earth and waters the fields.

Psalms 104:14
You let the earth produce grass for cattle, plants for our food,

Psalms 135:7
The Lord makes the clouds rise from far across the earth, and he makes lightning to go with the rain. Then from his secret place he sends out the wind.

Jeremiah 14:22
Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the Lord our God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When Jesus saw their faith,.... The faith of the sick man, and his friends, who seemed confident, that could they get at Christ, a cure would be wrought: the faith of the one appears in suffering himself to be brought in such a manner, under so much weakness; and with so much trouble; and of the other in bringing him, and breaking through so many difficulties to get him to Christ.

He said unto the sick of the palsy, son, thy sins be forgiven thee; pointing and striking at the root of his disorder, his sins. Christ calls him son, though, in this afflicted condition a person may be a child of God, and yet greatly afflicted by him; afflictions are not arguments against, but rather for sonship: "for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not?" He scourgeth every son whom he receiveth, and by chastising them, dealeth with them as with sons; and such as are without chastisement are bastards, and not sons,

Hebrews 12:6, yea he calls him a son, though a sinful creature, and who had not, as yet, until these words were spoken by Christ, any discovery and application of pardoning grace unto him: he was a son of God by divine predestination, being predestinated to the adoption of children: he was a son by virtue of the covenant of grace, he was interested in, as appears by his enjoying pardon of sin, a blessing of it; which runs thus, "I will be their Father, and they shall be my sons and daughters", 2 Corinthians 6:18. He was one of the children which were given to Christ as in such a relation: and for the sake of whom Christ was now a partaker of flesh and blood, and in a little time was to die for them, in order to gather them together, who were scattered abroad. The blessing Christ conferred on this poor man is of the greatest consequence and importance, forgiveness of sin: it is what springs from the grace and mercy of God; it is provided in a promise in the covenant of grace; Christ was sent to shed his blood to procure it, in a way consistent with the holiness and justice of God; and this being done, it is published in the Gospel, and is a most considerable article in it, and than which, nothing can be more desirable to a sensible sinner: and blessed are they that are partakers of it, their sins will never be imputed to them; they will never be remembered more; they are blotted out of God's book of debts; they are covered out of his sight, and are removed as far as the east is from the west, even all their sins, original and actual, secret or open, of omission, or commission; 2 Corinthians 6:18- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2-8.

Palsy - See the notes at Matthew 4:24.

Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2 by four men.

Mark 2:4

The press - The crowd, the multitude of people. Jesus was probably in the large open area or hall in the center of the house. See the notes at Matthew 9:2. The people pressed into the area, and blocked up the door so that they could not have access to him.

They uncovered the roof where he was - See the notes at Matthew 9:2.

When they had broken it up - When they had removed the awning or covering, so that they could let the man down. See the notes at Matthew 9:2.

Mark 2:5

Their faith - Their confidence or belief that he could heal them.

Son - Literally, “child.” The Hebrews used the words “son” and “child” with a great latitude of signification. They were applied to children, to grandchildren, to adopted children, to any descendants, to disciples, followers, young people, and to dependents. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. In this place it denotes affection or kindness. It was a word of consolation - an endearing appellation, applied by the Saviour to the sick man to show his “compassion,” to inspire confidence, and to assure him that he would heal him.

We never saw it on this fashion - Literally, “We never saw it so.” We never saw anything like this.