Luke 7:49

And they that were reclining, began to say in themselves: Who is this, that even forgiveth sins?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 the woman: Thy sins are forgiven thee.

50And Jesus said to the woman: Thy faith hath given thee life. Go, in peace.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:3And some of the Scribes said in their minds, This man blasphemeth.

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

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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