King James Version
Matthew 9:4 in the King James Version says “And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?”
Matthew 9:4 · KJV
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.
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“knowing”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“evil”
G4190hurtful, i.e., evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from g2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from g455
“hearts”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
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