Luke 5:12-26

Jesus teaches about who can forgive wrong actions

About the next group of questions

Jesus could heal people. He also showed that God could forgive wrong actions. He understood what people were thinking. He understood it even when they did not tell him.

Pray

Ask God to help you to understand what you study.

Read: Luke 5:12-26

5:12 What did the man with the nasty skin disease call Jesus?

5:13 Was Jesus willing to touch this man? What happened to the man when Jesus gave the command, ‘Be clean’?

5:14 Where did Jesus tell the man to go after he healed him? What did this man have to do when he got there?

5:15 What happened when the crowds heard about the miracle?

5:17 What did Jesus do when he went to the lonely places? From where did Jesus get the power to heal?

5:18 The man who could not walk had some friends. What did they do with him when they could not reach Jesus?

5:20 What did Jesus admire most about these men? What did Jesus call the man? What did Jesus say to the man then?

5:21 What did the Pharisees and teachers think about Jesus?

5:22 What did Jesus know about these people and about all men and women?

5:23 What question did Jesus ask?

5:24 What proof did Jesus give to show that he had authority to forgive sins?

5:25 What did the man do when Jesus told him to get up and to go home?

5:26 What did everyone else do when they saw this miracle?

Final remarks

Jesus knows what we are thinking. He also wants to help us and to forgive our sins. Jesus can forgive sins. Therefore he must be God because only God can forgive sins.

Pray

Father God, I thank you for all that you do for me. You forgive my sin and you make me whole. I praise you today because you are such a strong and loving god. I praise you because you are also my friend. Amen.