John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism
of repentance for the
forgiveness of sins.
Mk 1:4
4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism
of repentance for the
forgiveness of sins.
Mk 2:5, 7,
9, 10
5 When
Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins
are forgiven.”
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to
themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s
blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit
that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why
are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say
to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your
mat and walk’?
10 But I want you to know that the Son of
Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,
11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and
go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in
full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying,
“We have never seen anything like this!”
We learn the
following from the above verses
1) John the
Baptist appeared in the
wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
2) Jesus forgives the paralyzed man’s
sins and heals him
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