Luke 7:40-42
Worldwide English (New Testament)
40 Jesus said to him, `Simon, I have something to say to you.' And he said, `Teacher, say it.'
41 Jesus said, `There was a man who used to lend money to people. Two people owed him money. One man owed him five hundred pieces of silver money. The other owed him fifty pieces.
42 They could not pay the money, so he let them both free. Now which one of them will love him more?'
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Luke 7:40-42
New International Version
40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
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?”
Footnotes
- Luke 7:41 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).
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