TSK · Luke 5:21

The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the LORD’s angel attacks them!

But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.

I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.

Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

Who will once again have mercy on us? Who will conquer our evil deeds? Who will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea?

Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,“He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!

Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby(who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.