Luke 7:41

“There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other owed fifty.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

In Context

40And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he said, “Teacher, say it.”

42And when they had nothing with which to pay back, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”

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Cross References

Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, 1 As we forgive our debtors. 1

Matthew 18:28“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And taking hold of him, he was choking him, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins, 1 For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. 1 And lead us not into temptation, 1 But deliver us from the evil one.”

Luke 13:4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that these were offenders more than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

Romans 3:23for all have sinned and come 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 →

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