41 “A creditor had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii,[a](A) and the other fifty. 42 Since they could not pay it back,(B) he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”

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

“You have judged correctly,” he told him. 44 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet,(C) but she, with her tears, has washed my feet and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss,(D) but she hasn’t stopped kissing my feet since I came in. 46 You didn’t anoint my head with olive oil,(E) but she has anointed my feet with perfume. 47 Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 Then he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:41 A denarius = one day’s wage

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