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"When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men."
— Matthew 9:8, NET Bible
“But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.”
“But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men. ”
“But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.”
“And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.”
“But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.”
“But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.”
Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say,‘Stand up and walk’?
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– then he said to the paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
So he stood up and went home.
When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.
The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.
As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”