Luke 7:42
And since they did not have the ability to repay him, he forgave them both. So then, which of them loves him more?”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
41“A certain creditor had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:13And the woman said: “Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected?
Psalms 49:7Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.
Psalms 103:3You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds.
Isaiah 44:22I have wiped away your iniquities like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, because I have redeemed you.
Daniel 9:18Incline your ear, O my God, and hear, open your eyes and see our desolation and the city over which your name is invoked. For it is not through our justifications that we offer requests before your face, but through the fullness of your compassion.
Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
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 →