Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 5:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 5:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 5:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Jesus is showing that He has the power to both forgive sins and make people well. He is saying that whether He helps with inside problems (sins) or outside problems (sickness), He is powerful enough to do both.

Luke 5:23: Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

Contradiction with James 5:16

While Luke 5:23 implies forgiveness is given directly, James 5:16 emphasizes confession to one another for healing and forgiveness.

James 5:16: Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:7

Luke 5:23 implies immediate forgiveness, but Exodus 34:7 states that God does not clear the guilty, suggesting a complex process of forgiveness.

Exodus 34:7: Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:18

Luke 5:23 suggests continuing need for forgiveness, whereas Hebrews 10:18 notes that where there is forgiveness, no more offering for sin is needed.

Hebrews 10:18: Now where remission of these [is, there is] no more offering for sin.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:14-15

Luke 5:23 poses a direct question of forgiving sins versus healing, but Matthew 6:14-15 conditions forgiveness on forgiving others.

Matthew 6:14-15: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

Luke 5:23 implies an ongoing role of Jesus in forgiveness, whereas Jeremiah 31:34 speaks of a future where God Himself forgives and remembers sins no more.

Jeremiah 31:34: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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