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Luke 5:23

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But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?	Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?	But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Whether^G5101 is^G2076 easier^G2123, to say^G2036, Thy^G4675 sins^G266 be forgiven^G863 thee^G4671; or^G2228 to say^G2036, Rise up^G1453 and^G2532 walk^G4043?

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Original Greek

τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν, Ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου, ἢ εἰπεῖν, Ἔγειραι καὶ περιπάτει;

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
τί	ti	G5101	I-NSN	Whether
ἐστιν	estin	G2076	V-PAI-3S	is
εὐκοπώτερον,	eukopōteron	G2123	A-NSN-C	easier
εἰπεῖν,	eipein	G2036	V-2AAN	to say
Ἀφέωνταί	Apheōntai	G863	V-RPI-3P	be forgiven
σοι	soi	G4671	P-2DS	thee
αἱ	hai	G3588	T-NPF	*
ἁμαρτίαι	hamartiai	G266	N-NPF	sins
σου,	sou	G4675	P-2GS	Thy
ἢ	ē	G2228	PRT	or
εἰπεῖν,	eipein	G2036	V-2AAN	to say
Ἔγειραι	Egeirai	G1453	V-AMM-2S	Rise up
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
περιπάτει;	peripatei	G4043	V-PAM-2S	walk

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G266 — ἁμαρτία (hamartía, ham-ar-tee'-ah): a sin — from ἁμαρτάνω; a sin (properly abstract):--offence, sin(-ful).
• G863 — ἀφίημι (aphíēmi, af-ee'-ay-mee): I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit — from ἀπό and (to send; an intensive form of , to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
• G1453 — ἐγείρω (egeírō, eg-i'-ro): I wake, arouse, raise up — probably akin to the base of ἀγορά (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):--awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.
• G2036 — ἔπω (épō, ep'-o): a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
• G2076 — ἐστί (estí, es-tee'): third person singular present indicative of εἰμί; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are:--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
• G2123 — εὐκοπώτερος (eukopṓteros, yoo-kop-o'-ter-os): easier — comparative of a compound of εὖ and κόπος; better for toil, i.e. more facile:--easier.
• G2228 — ἤ (ḗ, ay): or, than — a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:--and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially ἤδη, ἤπερ, ἤτοι.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G4043 — περιπατέω (peripatéō, per-ee-pat-eh'-o): I walk, conduct my life — from περί and πατέω; to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):--go, be occupied with, walk (about).
• G4671 — σοί (soí, soy): dative case of σύ; to thee:--thee, thine own, thou, thy.
• G4675 — σοῦ (soû, soo): genitive case of σύ; of thee, thy:--X home, thee, thine (own), thou, thy.
• G5101 — τίς (tís, tis): who, which, what — probably emphatic of τὶς; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions):--every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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