Luke 7:42
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
KJV
μὴ ἐχόντων αὐτῶν ἀποδοῦναι ἀμφοτέροις ἐχαρίσατο. τίς οὖν αὐτῶν πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν;
Greek NT
Non habentibus illis unde redderent, donavit utrisque. Quis ergo eum plus diligit ?
Vulgate
When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
ASV
And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
χαρίζομαι
charizomai
verb · 23×
ἀγαπάω
agapao
verb · 143×
ἀμφότερος
amphoteros
adjective · 14×
ἀποδίδωμι
apodidomi
verb · 48×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἐχόντων | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐχόντων | RP: + δὲ
- ἐχόντων — SBLGNT
- ἐχόντων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῶν | RP: + εἶπέ
- αὐτῶν — SBLGNT
- αὐτῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + εἶπέ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν | RP: αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσει
- ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν — SBLGNT
- ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσει — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2712Contemplative prayer is the prayer of the child of God, of the forgiven sinner who agrees to welcome the love by which he is loved and who wants to respond to it by loving even more.8 But he knows that the love he is returning is poured out by the Spirit in his heart, for everything is grace from God. Contemplative prayer is the poor and humble surrender to the loving will of t…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- Deut 15:2 — And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s
- 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 10:36 — Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
- Matt 18:25 — But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.