Luke 7:43

Simon answered and said: I suppose he to whom he forgave the more. He said to him: You have decided correctly.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

In Context

42But as they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, then, will love him the more?

44And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon: Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet; but she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

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Cross References

Mark 12:34And Jesus perceiving that he answered with understanding, said to him: You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one, after that, ventured to ask him a question.

Luke 10:38And it came to pass, as they continued their journey, that he entered a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ constrains us, because we have this judgment―that if one died for all, then have all died:

Matthew Henry on Luke 7:37-50

Christ in the House of the Pharisee. 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now… Read the whole commentary →

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