Luke 7:42

And when they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which, therefore, of them the most would love him?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

In Context

41Jeshu said to him, A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed him five hundred dinoree, and the other fifty dinoree.

43Shemun answered and said, I think he to whom much was forgiven. Jeshu said to him, Thou hast judged rightly.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:12and forgive us our debts, as also we forgive 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 →

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