“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 (KJV)
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.
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.
Simon answered, and saide, I suppose, that hee to whome he forgaue most. And he said vnto him, Thou hast rightly iudged.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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