Luke 7:43
“Simon answered, and saide, I suppose, that hee to whome he forgaue most. And he said vnto him, Thou hast rightly iudged.”
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Luke 7:43 Context
41There was a certaine creditour, which had two debtors: the one ought fiue hundred pence, and the other fiftie. 42And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will loue him most? 43Simon answered, and saide, I suppose, that hee to whome he forgaue most. And he said vnto him, Thou hast rightly iudged. 44And hee turned to the woman, and said vnto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entred into thine house, thou gauest me no water for my feete: but shee hath washed my feete with teares, and wiped them with the haires of her head. 45Thou gauest me no kisse: but this woman, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kisse my feet.
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Other Translations for Luke 7:43
Simon answered and said, I suppose that [he], to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
- King James Version
Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more. And He said to him, "You have judged correctly.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.
- Basic English Bible
And Simon answering said, I suppose he to whom he forgave the most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.
- Darby Bible
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.
- Webster's Bible
I suppose, replied Simon, "the one to whom he forgave most." "You have judged rightly," Jesus rejoined.
- Weymouth Bible
Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most." He said to him, "You have judged correctly."
- World English Bible
Symount answeride, and seide, Y gesse, that he to whom he foryaf more. And he answeride to hym, Thou hast demyd riytli.
- Wycliffe Bible
And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 7:43
7:43 Which of them will love him most? - Neither of them will love him at all, before he has forgiven them. An insolvent debtor, till he is forgiven, does not love, but fly his creditor.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 7:43
Lu 7:43 To whom he forgave most. Forgiveness is the only hope of sinners. There is a peculiar gratitude which the restored wanderer realizes, to which the one who has grown up in rectitude must be a stranger. Both may love with all the heart, yet their love will not possess precisely the same characteristics.