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Matthew 9:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Matthew 9:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a]When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to human beings.
The Call of Matthew.[b]
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- 9:8 Who had given such authority to human beings: a significant difference from Mk 2:12 (“They…glorified God, saying, ‘We have never seen anything like this’”). Matthew’s extension to human beings of the authority to forgive sins points to the belief that such authority was being claimed by Matthew’s church.
- 9:9–17 In this section the order is the same as that of Mk 2:13–22.
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