Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

Who say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he finds it?

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

For consider him that endured such hostility of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto you as a heathen man and a tax collector.