Luke 7:42

When they had nothing to pay, he forgaue them both: Which of them therefore, tell mee, will loue him most?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

41There was a certaine lender which had two detters: the one ought fiue hundreth pence, and the other fiftie:

43Simon answered, and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgaue most. And he said vnto him, Thou hast truely iudged.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:13Then the woman sayde, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? or why doeth the King, as one which is faultie, speake this thing, that he will not bring againe his banished?

Psalms 49:7Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,

Psalms 103:3Which forgiueth all thine iniquitie, and healeth all thine infirmities.

Isaiah 44:22I haue put away thy transgressions like a cloude, and thy sinnes, as a mist: turne vnto me, for I haue redeemed thee.

Daniel 9:18O my God, encline thine eare and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde our desolations, and the citie whereupon thy Name is called: for we doe not present our supplications before thee for our owne righteousnes, but for thy great tender mercies.

Matthew 6:12And forgiue vs our dettes, as we also forgiue our detters.

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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