Luke 7:43

Simon answered and said, “I suppose it is the one to whom he forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”

English Majority Text (NT)

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

44And turning to the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but this woman has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.

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Cross References

Mark 12:34Now when Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared any longer to question Him. 1 The Question about David's Son

Luke 10:38Now it came to pass as they traveled, that He entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.

2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this: that if One died for all, then 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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