I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

To the Lord our God {belong} mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

Who {is} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth {in} mercy.

And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

And when he had so said, he shewed unto them {his} hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}

But {there is} forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This {man} blasphemeth.

Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.