Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[When] they were not able to repay [him], he forgave [the debts] of both. Now which of them will love him more?"
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
When they couldn't pay it back, he generously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?"
A Conservative Version
And of them not having to repay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, do thou say, will love him more?
American Standard Version
When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
When these two men did not have [the money] to repay him, the moneylender canceled [the debts of] both of them. Now which of them will love him more?"
Anderson New Testament
But as they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, then, will love him the more?
Bible in Basic English
When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?
Common New Testament
When they had nothing with which to pay him back, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
having not wherewithal to pay it, he freely discharged them both of the debt. tell me now, which of the two will love him most?
Darby Translation
but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them their debt: say, which of them therefore will love him most?
Godbey New Testament
And they not being able to pay, he forgave them both. Then which one of them will love him the more?
Goodspeed New Testament
As they could not pay him, he canceled what they owed him. Now which of them will be more attached to him?"
John Wesley New Testament
But they having nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both: Which therefore will love him most?
Julia Smith Translation
And they not having to pay, he bestowed as a gift upon both. Which of them therefore will love him the more? Say thou.
King James 2000
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Modern King James verseion
And they having nothing to pay, he freely forgave both. Then which of them do you say will love him most?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them tell me, will love him most?"
Moffatt New Testament
As they were unable to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me, now, which of them will love him most?"
Montgomery New Testament
"When they had nothing pay he forgave them with such charm. "Tell me, then, which of these will love him most?"
NET Bible
When they could not pay, he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?"
New Heart English Bible
When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
Noyes New Testament
When they had nothing to pay, he freely remitted the debt of both. Which of them, now, will love him the most?
Sawyer New Testament
And having nothing to pay, he gave [the debt] to both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most?
The Emphasized Bible
they not having wherewith to pay, he forgave, both. Which of them, therefore, will love him, more?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Tell me, which of these, then, will love him most?
Twentieth Century New Testament
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?"
Webster
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Weymouth New Testament
But neither of them could pay anything; so he freely forgave them both. Tell me, then, which of them will love him most?"
Williams New Testament
Since they could not pay him, he graciously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which one of them will love him more?"
World English Bible
When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
Worrell New Testament
And, they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, therefore, will love him the more?"
Worsley New Testament
and they not being able to pay him, he freely forgave them both: tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Youngs Literal Translation
and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'
Themes
Creditors » Sometimes entirely remitted debts
Defender of the weak » A sinful woman
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » The woman who anointed jesus' feet
Forgiveness » Who shall be forgiven
Jesus Christ » Parables of » Two debtors
Jesus Christ » History of » Anointed by a sinful woman (at capernaum)
Love » The reward for loving the lord
Parables » Parables of Christ » Creditor and debtors
Repentance » Instances of » The woman who anointed jesus with oil
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 7:42
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus' Feet
41 "There were two debtors [who owed] a certain creditor. One owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty. 42 [When] they were not able to repay [him], he forgave [the debts] of both. Now which of them will love him more?" 43 Simon answered [and] said, "I suppose that [it is the one] to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged correctly."
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 32:1-5
Happy [is] he whose transgression is taken away, whose sin is covered.
Psalm 49:7-8
Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom
Psalm 51:1-3
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 103:3
who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
Isaiah 43:25
I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 44:22
I have wiped your transgressions out like cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you!"
Jeremiah 31:33-34
"But this [is] the covenant that I will {make} with the house of Israel after those days," {declares} Yahweh: "I will put my law in their inward parts and on their hearts I will write it, and I will be to them God, and they themselves will be to me people.
Daniel 9:18-19
Incline your ear, my God, and listen; open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that is called [by] your name, for we [are] not presenting our pleas for mercy {before you} because of our righteousness, but [rather] because of your great compassion.
Micah 7:18-20
Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.
Matthew 6:12
and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 18:25-26
And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.
Matthew 18:34
And [because he] was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.
Acts 13:38-39
"Therefore let it be known to you, men [and] brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and from all [the things] from which you were not able to be justified by the law of Moses,
Romans 3:24
being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
Romans 4:5-8
But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness,
Romans 5:6
For [while] we were still helpless, yet at the proper time Christ died for the ungodly.
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who does not abide by all [the things] that are written in the book of the law to do them."
Ephesians 1:7
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
Ephesians 4:32
Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.
Colossians 3:13
putting up with one another and forgiving one another. If anyone should have a complaint against anyone, just as also the Lord forgave you, thus also you [do the same].