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Mark 2:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9Whether 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?
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Quick Meaning
This verse develops the unit at Mark 2:9 in “The Son of Man Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man”: “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…”.
Read It With
- Mark 2:1-12
Read Mark 2:9 with 2:1-12. This verse develops the unit at Mark 2:9 in “The Son of Man Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man”: “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…”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Friends lower a paralyzed man through a roof; Jesus first announces forgiveness, answers scribal reasoning by healing him, and identifies the Son of Man's authority on earth.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse develops the unit at Mark 2:9 in “The Son of Man Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man”: “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…”. This specific contribution advances Mark 2:1-12 toward its narrated or taught result.
What Remains True
Jesus addresses the whole person and displays forgiving authority without making disability evidence of personal sin. At Mark 2:9, develops the unit at Mark 2:9 in “The Son of Man Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man”: “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…”.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Mark 2:9, support disabled people as agents whose spiritual worth does not depend on cure, and remove access barriers with their consent. This verse contributes to that response because it develops the unit at Mark 2:9 in “The Son of Man Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man”: “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…”.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Mark 2:1-12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 2:1-12
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NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 2:1-12 and attached translator/textual notes
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