Luke 7:43

Simon replied, and said: I suppose he to whom most was released. Jesus said to him: Thou hast judged correctly.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

In Context

42And as they had not the means of pay, he released them both. Which of them, therefore will love him most?

44And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon: Seest thou this woman? I entered thy house, and thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she hath bathed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

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Cross References

Mark 12:34And Jesus perceived that he replied wisely; and he answered, and said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared again to question him.

Luke 10:38And it occurred, as they travelled by the way, that he entered a certain village, and a woman whose name was Martha, received him at her house.

2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of the Messiah constraineth us to reason thus: One died for all; therefore are all dead.

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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