New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Luke 7:42
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When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
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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?
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When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
When they had not [wherewith] to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
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Of them having nothing to repay, he forgave both. Therefore which of them will love him more?”
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Luke 7
40 But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
41 “Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42 When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
43 “I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
44 And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
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