Luke 7:42
Not being able to repay, the creditor graciously forgave both debts. Therefore which of them will have more ahavah for him?
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2 Samuel 14:13And the isha said, why then hast thou thought such a thing against the Am Elohim? For HaMelech doth speak this thing as one which is guilty, in that HaMelech doth not bring back home again his banished.
Psalms 49:7They that trust in their chayil (wealth), 1 and boast themselves in the rov of their oshir (riches); 1
Psalms 103:3Who forgiveth all thine avonim (iniquities); 1 Who healeth all thy diseases; 1
Isaiah 44:22I have swept away thy peysha'im like a cloud, 1 and like an anan, thy chattot; 1 Shuva elai ki gealticha (return, turn back to Me, for I have redeemed thee). 1
Daniel 9:18O Elohai, incline Thine ear, and shema; open Thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and HaIr which is called by Thy Name; for we do not present tachanuneinu (our supplications) before Thee on account of tzidkoteinu, but for the sake of Thy rachamim harabbim.
Matthew 6:12u-slach lanu es chovoteinu kaasher salachnu (and forgive us our debts as we forgive) gam anachnu lachayaveinu (also our debtors).
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 →