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Luke 7:42

And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

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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 certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

43Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, You have rightly judged.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:13And the woman said, Wherefore then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king does speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king does not fetch home again his banished.

Psalms 49:7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Psalms 103:3Who forgives all yours iniquities; who heals all your diseases;

Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed you.

Daniel 9:18O my God, incline yours ear, and hear; open yours eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our supplications before you for our righteousnesses, but for your great mercies.

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