Matthew 9:2
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Matthew 9:2 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
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World English Bible Public Domain
Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
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King James Version Public Domain
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And behold, they were bringing to him a paralytic lying on a mat. And Jesus, having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, “Child, have courage. Your sins are forgiven.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
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.”
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
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 you.”
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King James Version Public Domain
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And loe, they brought to him a man sicke of the palsie, laid on a bed. And Iesus seeing their faith, saide to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good comfort: thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic, laid on a bed, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, “Take courage, child, your sins have been forgiven.”
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Son, be of good cheer. Your sins have been forgiven.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And behold, they were bringing to him a paralytic lying on a mat. And Jesus, having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, “Child, have courage. Your sins are forgiven.”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Be of good courage, child; thy sins are forgiven.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Yeshua, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And behold, they brought to him a man sick with the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven thee.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
There they brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw how they trusted him, he told the paralyzed man, “My friend, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven.”
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
And behold, some men brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; yoʋr sins are forgiven yoʋ.”
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And lo they brought to him a man sicke of the palsie lyinge in his bed. And when Iesus sawe the faith of the he sayd to the sicke of the palsie: sonne be of good chere thy sinnes be forgeve the.
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- Appears 7× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Imperative
- Person
- 2nd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἰδοὺ horáō G3708 “to see” Verb, Aorist, Middle, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- προσέφερον prosphérō G4374 “to bring to” Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- αὐτῷ autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- παραλυτικὸν paralytikós G3885 “paralytic” Adjective, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
- κλίνης klínē G2825 “couch” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- βεβλημένον bállō G906 “to throw” Verb, Perfect, Passive, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἰδὼν horáō G3708 “to see” Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs G2424 “Jesus” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- τὴν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- πίστιν pístis G4102 “faith” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- αὐτῶν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
- εἶπεν légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- τῷ ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- παραλυτικῷ paralytikós G3885 “paralytic” Adjective, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- θάρσει tharséō G2293 “to be courageous” Verb, Present, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- τέκνον téknon G5043 “child” Noun, Vocative, Singular, Neuter
- ἀφίενταί aphíēmi G863 “to send away” Verb, Present, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- σου sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Genitive, Singular
- αἱ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Plural, Feminine
- ἁμαρτίαι hamartía G266 “sin” Noun, Nominative, Plural, Feminine
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 24
- words
- 17
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is θάρσει to be courageous G2293 — appearing just 7 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
These words make their first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
θάρσει to be courageous G2293 occurs in 7 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Cross-references
26Topical passages linked to Matthew 9:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Mark 2:1–12 When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
- Luke 5:18–26 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
- Jeremiah 31:33–34 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
- Matthew 9:22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
- Psalms 32:1–2 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
- Luke 7:47–50 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."
- Colossians 1:12–14 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
- James 2:18 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
- Matthew 4:24 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
- Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most assuredly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
- Matthew 8:16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
- Acts 19:12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.
- Romans 4:6–8 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
- Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.
- Matthew 9:6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
- John 21:5 Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."
- Acts 5:15–16 They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Isaiah 40:1–2 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.
- Mark 1:32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
- Mark 5:34 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."
- John 16:33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."
- Acts 14:9 He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
- Romans 5:11 Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- John 2:25 and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
- Acts 13:38–39 Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
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Lesson kit
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Matthew, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 24 words (17 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tharséō (“to be courageous”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word tharséō carries the sense “to be courageous.” How does it shape the verse?
- 2 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
- How does Matthew 9:22, which shares the word «to be courageous», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “to see” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- Compare how Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible and Whedon's Commentary on the Bible read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 2 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 21 words in this verse.
- “to see” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 17 distinct Greek lemmas span 24 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Matthew 9:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Broadus on Matthew
John A. Broadus
John A. Broadus, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (American Baptist Publication Society, 1886) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
William B. Godbey
William B. Godbey, Commentary on the New Testament (1896–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament
William Burkitt
William Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament (1700–1703) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.