A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus
Luke 7:42
In 9 translations
- BSB
- When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
- KJV
- And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
- WEB
- When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”
- ASV
- When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
- LSV
- and they not having [with which] to give back, he forgave both; which of them then, do you say, will love him more?”
- YLT
- and they not having [wherewith] to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'
- DBY
- but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them [their debt]: [say,] which of them therefore will love him most?
- DRC
- And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most?
- GNV
- When they had nothing to pay, he forgaue them both: Which of them therefore, tell mee, will loue him most?
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ (“now”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include εἶπέ (“do tell”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀγαπήσει elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἐχόντων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐχόντων; Robinson–Pierpont add δὲ.
- SBLGNT: αὐτῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτῶν; Robinson–Pierpont add εἶπέ.
- SBLGNT: ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν; Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσει.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- μὴ ἐχόντων αὐτῶν ἀποδοῦναι ἀμφοτέροις ἐχαρίσατο. τίς οὖν αὐτῶν πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν;
- RP2018
- Μὴ ἐχόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀποδοῦναι, ἀμφοτέροις ἐχαρίσατο. Τίς οὖν αὐτῶν, εἰπέ, πλεῖον αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσει;
- TR-Boyd
- Μὴ ἐχόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀποδοῦναι, ἀμφοτέροις ἐχαρίσατο. Τίς οὖν αὐτῶν, εἰπέ, πλεῖον αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσει;
- SCR1894
- μη εχοντων δε αυτων αποδουναι αμφοτεροις εχαρισατο τις ουν αυτων ειπε πλειον αυτον αγαπησει
Who and where
◆ Anointed by a Sinner Woman
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 51:1–3Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my…
- Daniel 9:18–19Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great…
- Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Romans 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Ephesians 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Micah 7:18–20Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have…
- Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Jeremiah 31:33–34“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.…
- Matthew 18:25–26Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned. Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he…
- Psalms 49:7–8No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
- Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Matthew 18:34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.
- Romans 3:24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 4:5–8However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness…
- Psalms 103:3He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
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