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41 A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred [a]shillings, and the other fifty. 42 When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

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  1. Luke 7:41 The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about eight pence half-penny, or nearly seventeen cents.

41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,[a] and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”

“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

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  1. Luke 7:41 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).