Luke 7:43

Simon answering said: I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou didst rightly judge.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

42And they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, tell me, will love him most?

44And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gayest me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.

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Cross References

Mark 12:34And Jesus, seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared any longer to question him.

Luke 10:38And it came to pass, as they were going, that he entered into 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 thus judged, that if one died for all, then they 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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