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Matthew Chapter 9 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 9:5

For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?
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BBE Matthew 9:5

For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
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DARBY Matthew 9:5

For which is easier: to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise up and walk?
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KJV Matthew 9:5

For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
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WBT Matthew 9:5

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WEB Matthew 9:5

For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
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YLT Matthew 9:5

for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - For. The expansion of his rebuke of their accusation, by his question and the command connected with it. Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee (Revised Version, are forgiven, omitting "thee"); or to say, Arise, and walk? The former, because the truth or otherwise of the latter is at once visible. Observe that the two alternatives cover the two realms of influence, the spiritual and the physical. Men will not believe profession in the former realm if it be unaccompanied by visible results in the latter.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Whether is easier, . . .?--The form of the question implies what we call an argument a fortiori. It was easier to say, "Thy sins are forgiven thee," for those words could not be put to any outward test, and only the consciousness of the sinner could attest their power. It was a bolder and a harder thing to risk the utterance of words which challenged an immediate and visible fulfilment; and yet He was content to utter such words, without fear of the result. Measured in their true relation to each other, the spiritual wonder was, of course, the greater; but here, as so often elsewhere, He puts Himself, as it were, on the level of those who hear Him, and vouchsafes to speak to them according to their thoughts.