Luke 5:23

The Darby Translation

which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

King James Version (1611)
Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee: or to say, Rise vp and walke?

King James Version
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

English Standard Version
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, ‘Rise and walk'?

New American Standard Bible
"Which is easier, to say: 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

New Century Version
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, ‘Stand up and walk'?

Amplified Bible
"Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

Legacy Standard Bible
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, ‘Get up and walk'?

Berean Standard Bible
Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk?'

Contemporary English Version
Is it easier for me to tell this crippled man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk?

Complete Jewish Bible
Which is easier to say? ‘Your sins are forgiven you'? or ‘Get up and walk'?

Easy-to-Read Version
The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins. But how can I prove this to you? Maybe you are thinking it was easy for me to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven.' There's no proof that it really happened. But what if I say to the man, ‘Stand up and walk'? Then you will be able to see that I really have this power." So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "I tell you, stand up! Take your mat and go home!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Rise and walke?

George Lamsa Translation
Which is easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, or just to say, Arise and walk?

Good News Translation
Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, ‘Get up and walk'?

Lexham English Bible
Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, ‘Get up and walk?'

Literal Translation
Which is easier, to say, Your sins have been forgiven you, or to say, Rise up and walk?

American Standard Version
Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?

Bible in Basic English
Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

Hebrew Names Version
Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'

International Standard Version
Which is easier: to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and walk'?

Etheridge Translation
Which is easier, to say, Forgiven to thee are thy sins; or to say, Arise, walk?

Murdock Translation
Which is the easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whether is easier to say, thy sinnes be forgeuen thee: or to say, ryse vp & walke?

English Revised Version
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?

World English Bible
Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Which is easier? To say, Thy sins are forgiven thee? Or to say, Rise up and walk?

Weymouth's New Testament
Which is easier? --to say, `Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, `Rise and walk'?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
What is liyter to seie, Synnes ben foryouun to thee, or to seie, Rise vp, and walke?

Update Bible Version
Which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven you; or to say, Arise and walk?

Webster's Bible Translation
Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise and walk?

New English Translation
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, ‘Stand up and walk'?

New King James Version
Which is easier, to say, "Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, "Rise up and walk'?

New Living Translation
Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or ‘Stand up and walk'?

New Life Bible
Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or, ‘Get up and walk'?

New Revised Standard
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, ‘Stand up and walk'?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Which is easier, To say - Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say - Arise and be walking?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk?

Revised Standard Version
Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Whether is easyar to saye thy synnes are forgeve the or to saye: rise and walke?

Young's Literal Translation
which is easier -- to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whether is easier to saye: Thy synnes are forgeue ye, Or to saye: Aryse, and walke?

Mace New Testament (1729)
which is easier, to say, your sins are forgiven you, or to say, rise up, and walk?

Simplified Cowboy Version
Is it easier for me to say that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk?

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ And it came to pass on one of the days, that *he* was teaching, and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and [out of] Jerusalem; and [the] Lord's power was [there] to heal them. ¹⁸ And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put [him] before him. ¹⁹ And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus. ²⁰ And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. ²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason [in their minds], saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins but God alone? ²² But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answering said to them, Why reason ye in your hearts? ²³ which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? ²⁴ But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house. ²⁵ And immediately standing up before them, having taken up that whereon he was laid, he departed to his house, glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:11 - and how

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whether is it easier to say,.... Mark adds, "to the sick of the palsy"; to whom Christ had said that his sins were forgiven him, which had given offence to the Scribes and Pharisees, imagining that he had assumed too much to himself: wherefore he proposes the following case to them, which they thought was most easy for man, or more proper and peculiar to God to say,

thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, rise up and walk? Neither of them could be said by a mere man, with effect, so as that sins would be really remitted on so saying; or that a man sick of a palsy, by such a word speaking, would be able to stand upon his feet and walk; but both of them were equally easy to him, that is truly God; and he that could say the one effectually, could also say the other: or in other words, he that could cure a man of a palsy with a word speaking, ought not to be charged with blasphemy, for taking upon him to forgive sin: our Lord meant, by putting this question, and acting upon it, to prove himself to be God, and to remove the imputation of blasphemy from him;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:1-7.

Luke 5:17

On a certain day - The time and place are not particularly mentioned here, but from Matthew 9:1 it seems it was at Capernaum.

Luke 5:19

The tiling - See the notes at Matthew 9:1-7.