Luke 7:48 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven!

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

Common English Bible

Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee.

Luke 7:48 Cross References

Matthew 9:2

[Upon His arrival] they brought to Him a man afflicted with a paralytic disease, [being carried on his cot. See Mark 2:3]. When Jesus saw [the evidence of] their faith [i.e., the man’s four friends breaking open the roof and lowering him through it. See Mark 2:4-5], He said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up, your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:5

For which is easier, to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or [to say] ‘Get up and walk?’

Mark 2:5

When Jesus saw [the evidence of] their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Mark 2:9

Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘your sins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘get up, pick up your cot and walk’?

Luke 5:20

And when He saw the evidence of their faith, He said, “Man, your sins are forgiven.”

Luke 5:23

Which is easier, to say [to the paralyzed man], ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

Luke 7:47

For this reason, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. [Note: This suggests that her forgiveness was the result of her loving, but the point Jesus makes better fits the idea that her forgiveness produced love]. But the person who is forgiven of little [i.e., of only a few sins], loves [only] a little bit.”