"A moneylenderhadtwodebtors:oneowedfive hundreddenarii,and the otherfifty.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Whereis the certificateof divorceBy whichI have sentyour motheraway?Orto whomof My creditorsdid I sellyou? Behold,you were soldfor your iniquities,And for your transgressionsyour motherwas sentaway.
And the LORDsaidto me, "FaithlessIsraelhas provedherselfmorerighteousthantreacherousJudah.
"Our fatherdiedin the wilderness,yet he was not amongthe companyof those who gatheredthemselves together againstthe LORDin the companyof Korah;but he diedin his own sin,and he hadnosons.
"But that slavewentout and foundoneof his fellow slaveswhoowedhim a hundreddenarii;and he seizedhim and [began] to choke[him], saying,'Pay backwhatyou owe.'
And forgiveus our debts,as we alsohave forgivenour debtors.
But He answeredthem, "You givethem [something] to eat!"And they saidto Him, "Shall we goand spendtwo hundreddenariion breadand givethem [something] to eat?"
And forgiveus our sins,For we ourselvesalsoforgiveeveryonewho is indebtedto us. And leadus not into temptation.'"
but the one who did not know[it], and committeddeeds worthyof a flogging,will receivebut few.From everyonewhohas been givenmuch,muchwill be required;and to whomthey entrustedmuch,of him they will askall the more.
"Ordo you supposethat thoseeighteenon whomthe towerin Siloamfelland killedthem were [worse] culpritsthanallthe menwho livein Jerusalem?
And Jesusansweredhim, "Simon,I havesomethingto sayto you." And he replied,"Sayit, Teacher."
"For thisreasonI sayto you, her sins,which are many,have been forgiven,for she lovedmuch;but he whois forgivenlittle,loveslittle."
for allhave sinnedand fall shortof the gloryof God,
The Lawcamein sothat the transgressionwould increase;but wheresinincreased,graceabounded all the more,
