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Luke 7:43

Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

KJV

ἀποκριθεὶς Σίμων εἶπεν· ὑπολαμβάνω ὅτι ᾧ τὸ πλεῖον ἐχαρίσατο. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὀρθῶς ἔκρινας.

Greek NT

Respondens Simon dixit : Æstimo quia is cui plus donavit. At ille dixit ei : Recte judicasti.

Vulgate

Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

ASV

Simon answering, said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σίμων
simon
noun · 75×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
χαρίζομαι
charizomai
verb · 23×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ὀρθῶς
orthos
adverb · 4×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπολαμβάνω
upolambano
verb · 5×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἀποκριθεὶς | WH/NIV: ἀποκριθεὶς | Treg: + ὁ | RP: + δὲ ὁ
  • ἀποκριθεὶςSBLGNT
  • ἀποκριθεὶςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁTregelles
  • + δὲ ὁRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

4 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…
God showed himself, by the fall of man, as patient, benign, merciful, mighty to save. Man is therefore most ungrateful, if, unmindful of his own lot, and of the benefits held out to him, he do not acknowledge divine grace. 1. Long-suffering therefore was God, when man became a defaulter, as foreseeing that victory which should be granted to him through the Word. For, when stren…

Cross-references

  • Luke 10:28 — And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
  • Matt 18:26 — The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
  • Ps 116:16 — O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.