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

⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁸ And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁸ And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁸ And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

Common English Bible

⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁸ Then he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁸ 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.”