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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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, who 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 to him, Thou hast rightly judged.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:13And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one who is faulty, in that the king doth not bring 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 forgiveth all thy iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.

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