Luke 7:42

they not having wherewith to pay, he forgave, both. Which of them, therefore, will love him, more?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

41Two debtors, there were, to a certain creditor,—the one, owed five hundred denaries, and, the other, fifty.

43Making answer, Simon said—I suppose, that he to whom, the more, he forgave. And, he, said unto him—Rightly, hast thou judged.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:13And the woman said, Wherefore, then, hast thou devised the like of this, for the people of God; and yet the king, in speaking this word, is verily guilty, unless the king, bring back his fugitive?

Psalms 49:7A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:

Psalms 103:3Who forgiveth all thine iniquity, Who healeth all thy diseases;

Isaiah 44:22O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me, I have wiped out, As with a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And as with a broad cloud, thy sins,—Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.

Daniel 9:18Incline, O my God, thine ear, and hearken, open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city on which hath been called thy name; for, not on the ground of our own righteousnesses, are we causing our supplications to fall down before thee, but on the ground of thine abounding compassions.

Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as, we also, have forgiven 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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