Devine Scripture

Luke 7:42

Luke chapter 7 · verse 42 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.41A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty.

v.42This passage

v.43Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 32:1

    Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

  • Acts 13:38

    Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:

  • Matthew 6:12

    And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

  • Daniel 9:18

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies’ sake.

  • Colossians 3:13

    forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.