Luke 7:41
“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
40But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
42When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
Cross References
Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 18:28But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
Luke 13:4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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 →