Luke 7:49

But they who reclined said among themselves, Who is this who also sins forgiveth?

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

In The King James Version

And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

In Context

48And he said to her, Woman, forgiven to thee (are) thy sins.

50But Jeshu said to that woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:3But men from among the scribes said within themselves, This blasphemeth.

Luke 5:20And when Jeshu saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Man, forgiven to thee are thy sins.

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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