And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned among themselves, he said unto them,
Why reason you these things in your hearts?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
The scribes asserted that only God could forgive sins, yet Jesus not only forgave sins, but showed that he had also another power that belongs to God alone: the power to disclose the secrets of the heart. The Gospel of St. Matthew, Homily
