Luke Chapter 5 verse 23 Holy Bible
Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?
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Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
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which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
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Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
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Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'
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which is easier -- to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? The Heart-reader hears, perhaps, the murmur as it runs round the circle, and grasping in a moment all that was in the angry hearts of these men, said aloud, that all might hear, some such words as these, "See now what I am about to do. You, in your dim short-sighted wisdom, think my forgiving this poor repentant sinner his dark past, is but an empty, meaningless form of words. See now whether what I am about to do further for him is an empty meaningless boon."