Luke 7:42 - Revised Standard Version

⁴² When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?

Common English Bible

⁴² When they couldn’t pay, the lender forgave the debts of them both. Which of them will love him more?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And since they did not have the ability to repay him, he forgave them both. So then, which of them loves him more?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most?

Luke 7:42 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:13

And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again.

Psalm 103:3

who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Matthew 18:27

And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.

Matthew 18:34

And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors;

Luke 7:43

Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, to whom he forgave more.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Romans 3:24

they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

Romans 5:6

While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Galatians 3:10

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them.”

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

Ephesians 4:32

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 3:13

forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.