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Matthew 9:4
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But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
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And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, “Why do you⁺ think evil in your⁺ hearts?
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Matthew 9
2 Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
3 On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
4 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
5 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
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