Luke 5:20

Easy-to-Read Version

Jesus saw how much faith they had and said to the sick man, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Seeing their faith he said, “Friend,

King James Version (1611)
And when he saw their faith, hee said vnto him, Man, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

King James Version
And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

English Standard Version
And when he saw their faith, he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

New American Standard Bible
And seeing their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you."

New Century Version
Seeing their faith, Jesus said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Seeing their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you."

Legacy Standard Bible
And seeing their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you."

Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus saw their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

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

Complete Jewish Bible
When Yeshua saw their trust, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you."

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he sawe their faith, he sayd vnto him, Man, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

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

Good News Translation
When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, "Your sins are forgiven, my friend."

Lexham English Bible
And when he saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you."

Literal Translation
And seeing their faith, He said to him, Man, your sins have been forgiven you.

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

Bible in Basic English
And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.

Hebrew Names Version
Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And when Jeshu saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Man, forgiven to thee are thy sins.

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whe he sawe their faith, he saide vnto him: Man, thy sinnes are forgeuen thee.

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

World English Bible
Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And seeing their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Weymouth's New Testament
He saw their faith and said to him, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Jhesu saiy the feith of hem, he seide, Man, thi synnes ben foryouun to thee.

Update Bible Version
And seeing their faith, he said, Man, your sins are forgiven you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

New English Translation
When Jesus saw their faith he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

New King James Version
When He saw their faith, He said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

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

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

New Revised Standard
When he saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, beholding their faith, he said - O man! thy sins are forgiven thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Revised Standard Version
And when he saw their faith he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When he sawe their fayth he sayde vnto him: man thy synnes are forgeven the.

Young's Literal Translation
and he having seen their faith, said to him, `Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he sawe their faith, he sayde vnto hi: Man, yi synnes are forgeue ye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
who perceiving their faith, said to him, O! man, your sins are forgiven you.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus loved their faith and tenacity and said, "Cowboy, your sins are forgiven."

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ One day Jesus was teaching the people. The Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there too. They had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The Lord was giving Jesus the power to heal people. ¹⁸ There was a man who was paralyzed, and some other men were carrying him on a mat. They tried to bring him and put him down before Jesus. ¹⁹ But there were so many people that they could not find a way to Jesus. So they went up on the roof and lowered the crippled man down through a hole in the ceiling. They lowered the mat into the room so that the crippled man was lying before Jesus. ²⁰ Jesus saw how much faith they had and said to the sick man, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." ²¹ The Jewish teachers of the law and the Pharisees thought to themselves, "Who is this man who dares to say such things? What an insult to God! No one but God can forgive sins." ²² But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, "Why do you have these questions in your minds? ²³The 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!" ²⁵ The man immediately stood up in front of everyone. He picked up his mat and walked home, praising God. ²⁶ Everyone was completely amazed and began to praise God. They were filled with great respect for God's power. They said, "Today we saw amazing things!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he saw: Genesis 22:12, John 2:25, Acts 11:23, Acts 14:9, James 2:18

Man: Luke 7:48, Psalms 90:7, Psalms 90:8, Psalms 107:17, Psalms 107:18, Isaiah 38:17, Matthew 9:2, Mark 2:5, John 5:14, 2 Corinthians 2:10, Colossians 3:13, James 5:14, James 5:15

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:10 - I have Luke 7:47 - Her Luke 7:49 - Who Luke 12:14 - Man Colossians 1:14 - the 1 John 2:12 - your

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he saw their faith,.... That is, Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; when he saw the faith both of the paralytic man, and of the men that brought him, which was shown in the pains they took, and trouble they were at, in getting him to him;

he said unto him. The Vulgate Latin only reads, "he said"; but the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, still more fully express the sense, rendering it, "he said to the paralytic man"; and the Ethiopic version, "he said to the infirm man"; as follows:

man, thy sins are forgiven thee. The other evangelists say, he said "son"; perhaps he used both words: however, all agree that he pronounced the forgiveness of sins, which were the cause of his disease; and which being removed, the effect must cease; so that he had healing both for soul and body; :-.

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.