Twice. In the Gospels Jesus says “thy sins be forgiven thee” to two people: a paralysed man let down through a roof (Matthew 9:2; Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20) and a woman who washed his feet with her tears (Luke 7:48). Three Gospels tell the first story, so Jesus speaks the words in seven verses of the King James Bible. Both times, those watching question it in their hearts. When Jesus forgives the paralysed man, the scribes ask themselves, “who can…

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