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Luke 7:41

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

KJV

Δύο χρεοφειλέται ἦσαν δανιστῇ τινι· ὁ εἷς ὤφειλεν δηνάρια πεντακόσια, ὁ δὲ ἕτερος πεντήκοντα.

Greek NT

Duo debitores erant cuidam fœneratori : unus debebat denarios quingentos, et alius quinquaginta.

Vulgate

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

ASV

A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence and the other fifty.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δανειστής
daneistes
noun · 1×
δηνάριον
denarion
noun · 16×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
πεντήκοντα
pentekonta
adjective · 7×
πεντακόσιοι
pentakosioi
adjective · 2×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
χρεωφειλέτης
chreopheiletes
noun · 2×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
ὀφείλω
opheilo
verb · 35×
o
article · 19778×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • John 19:11 — Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
  • Luke 7:47 — Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
  • Luke 11:4 — And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
  • Luke 16:5 — So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
  • Matt 6:12 — And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
  • Matt 18:28 — But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
  • Rom 3:23 — For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
  • Rom 5:20 — Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: