Mark 2:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?”
Mark 2:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Mark 2:9 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Mark 2:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Mark 2:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk’?”
Mark 2:9 — World English Bible
Mark 2:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? ”
Mark 2:9 — American Standard Version
Mark 2:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?”
Mark 2:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Mark 2:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk? ”
Mark 2:9 — Darby Translation
Mark 2:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Whether is it easier to say to the sicke of the palsie, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee? or to say, Arise, and take vp thy bed, and walke?”
Mark 2:9 — Geneva Bible
Mark 2:9 in Context — Mark 2
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
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What Does Mark 2:9 Mean?
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