From 9f8540a5553b24bb215e9de24a036691f77e0755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hanker10 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:32:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Matthew 9:5 wording change Matthew 9:5 Original wording: It would not be hard for someone to say to this man, 'I forgive your sins,' because no one could see whether or not it really happened. But no one would say to him, 'Get up and walk!,' because people could easily see whether he could walk again! Changed because this loses the rhetorical question and reverses the idea that it IS HARDER to forgive sins than to heal the paralytic. --- 41-MAT/09.usfm | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/41-MAT/09.usfm b/41-MAT/09.usfm index 74bb8460..54ca5c02 100644 --- a/41-MAT/09.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/09.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Some of the men who taught the Jewish laws said among themselves, "This man thinks he is God; he cannot forgive sins!" \v 4 Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said, "You should not think evil thoughts! -\v 5 It would not be hard for someone to say to this man, 'I forgive your sins,' because no one could see whether or not it really happened. But no one would say to him, 'Get up and walk!,' because people could easily see whether he could walk again! +\v 5 What is easier, to tell him that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk? \v 6 So I am going to do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the Son of Man, to forgive the sins of people while I am on the earth." Then he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!" \s5