Luke 7:42
Neither of them could repay him, so he forgave the debts. Which one will love him the most?”
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43“The one he forgave the most, I would think,” Simon answered. “You're absolutely right,” said Jesus.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:13“So why have you schemed in a similar way against the people of God?” the woman asked. “Since Your Majesty just decided my case by what you said, haven't you convicted yourself because you refuse to bring back the son you banished?
Psalms 49:7but no one can pay to rescue another from death; no one can pay a ransom to God.
Psalms 103:3He forgives my sins, and he heals all my diseases.
Isaiah 44:22I have wiped away your acts of rebellion as if they were like a cloud, your sins as if they were like the mist. Come back to me, for I have set you free.”
Daniel 9:18Please listen carefully and open your eyes and see the terrible state we are in, and the city that bears your name. We're not making these requests to you for this because of our goodness, but because of your great mercy.
Matthew 6:12Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.
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 →