Luke 7:43

And Simon answering said, 'I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, 'Rightly thou didst judge.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 they not having [wherewith] to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'

44And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, 'Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

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Cross References

Mark 12:34And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, 'Thou art not far from the reign of God;' and no one any more durst question him.

Luke 10:38And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

2 Corinthians 5:14for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

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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