Luke 7:42

And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

In Context

41A certain creditor had two debtors, the one who owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

43Simon answering, said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:13And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?

Psalms 49:7They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

Psalms 103:3Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

Daniel 9:18Incline, O my God, thy ear, and hear: open thy eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon which thy name is called: for it is not for our justifications that we present our prayers before thy face, but for the multitude of thy tender mercies.

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 →

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