41 “A moneylender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred [a](A)denarii, and the other, fifty. 42 When they (B)were unable to repay, he canceled the debts of both. So which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered and said, “I assume the one for whom he canceled the greater debt.” And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:41 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer

41 “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred (A)denarii, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”

43 Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.”

And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.”

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