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Matthew 9:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6But 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.
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Quick Meaning
Makes the healing demonstrate the Son of man's earthly authority to forgive sins.
Read It With
- Matthew 9:1–9:8
Matthew 9:6 makes the healing demonstrate the Son of man's earthly authority to forgive sins; within Matthew 9:1–9:8, it contributes to this controlling movement: Friends bring a paralyzed man, Jesus first declares forgiveness, answers scribal thoughts by healing him, and the crowd glorifies God for authority given among people.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Makes the healing demonstrate the Son of man's earthly authority to forgive sins. This precise contribution belongs inside “Jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed man” because Friends bring a paralyzed man, Jesus first declares forgiveness, answers scribal thoughts by healing him, and the crowd glorifies God for authority given among people.
What Remains True
Because Matthew 9:6 makes the healing demonstrate the Son of man's earthly authority to forgive sins, faithful readers should preserve this verse's exact role, first setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Matthew 9:1–9:8 before naming an enduring conclusion.
How It Can Shape Life
- For Matthew 9:6, first state this verse-specific contribution—makes the healing demonstrate the Son of man's earthly authority to forgive sins; then explain it inside Matthew 9:1–9:8; preserve the source-controlled uncertainty—The scene connects authority to forgive with visible healing as a sign; it does not teach that paralysis was caused by this man's sin or that healing proves every claimed absolution.; and refuse this misuse: This account does not blame disability on sin, let leaders manipulate forgiveness, promise cure on demand, or oppose medical and rehabilitative care.
Continue in Context
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Read Matthew 9:1–9:8 — Jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed manSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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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 displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Matthew 9:1–9:8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository 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 and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 9:1–9:8
Open the Matthew Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for the expressions actually discussed in this thought unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data TAGNT rows for Matthew 9:1–9:8
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Matthew with Translators' and Textual Notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005-2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, historical, Jewish-background, and Synoptic notes for this unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Matthew PDF, printed pp. 1808-1867, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 9:1–9:8
Open source ↗