The woman asked, ‘Why have you devised something similar against the people of God? When the king spoke as he did about this matter, he has pronounced his own guilt. The king has not brought back his own banished one.
Luke 7:42 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more? American Standard Version (1901) When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most? Common English Bible When they couldn’t pay, the lender forgave the debts of them both. Which of them will love him more?” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most? |
The woman asked, ‘Why have you devised something similar against the people of God? When the king spoke as he did about this matter, he has pronounced his own guilt. The king has not brought back his own banished one.
‘I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions for my own sake and remember your sins no more.
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Then the master of that servant had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.
And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.
Simon answered, ‘I suppose the one he forgave more.’ ‘You have judged correctly,’ he told him.
they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, Everyone who does not do everything written in the book of the law is cursed. ,
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.