Luke 7:42

Bishops' Bible (1568)

When they had nothyng to pay, he forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them wyll loue hym most?

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  • Ps 32:1-5 : 1 A wyse instruction of Dauid. Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen: and whose sinne is couered. 2 Blessed is ye man vnto whom God imputeth no vnrighteousnes: & in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 For whyle I helde my tongue: my bones consumed away through my dayly roaring. 4 For thy hande is heauie vpon me day and night: and my moysture is like the drouth in sommer. Selah. 5 Therfore I haue made knowen my faultes vnto thee, and my righteousnes haue I not hid: I sayd I will confesse my wickednes vnto God, and thou forgauest the vnrighteousnes of my sinne. Selah.
  • Ps 49:7-8 : 7 But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym. 8 For the redemption of their soule is very costly, and must be let alone for euer:
  • Ps 51:1-3 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid when the prophete Nathan came vnto hym after he was gone in to Bethsabe. Haue mercie on me O Lorde accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse: accordyng vnto the multitudes of thy mercies wype out my wickednesse. 2 Washe me throughly from myne iniquitie: and clense me from my sinne. 3 For I do acknowledge my wickednesse: and my sinne is euer before me.
  • Ps 103:3 : 3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse: and healeth all thine infirmities.
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 Where as I yet, euen I am he onlye that for my owne selues sake do away thine offences, and forget thy sinnes, so that I wyll neuer thinke vpon them.
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 As for thyne offences I haue driuen them away lyke the cloudes, and thy sinnes as the mist: Turne thee agayne vnto me, for I haue redeemed thee.
  • Jer 31:33-34 : 33 But this shalbe the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde: I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them, and write it in their heartes, and wyll be their God, and they shalbe my people. 34 And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother, and say, Knowe the Lorde: but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest, saith the Lorde: for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes, and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more.
  • Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, encline thyne eare & hearken, open thyne eyes, beholde howe we be desolated, yea and the citie also which is called after thy name: for we do not present our prayers before thee in our owne righteousnes, but in thy great mercies. 19 O Lorde heare, O forgeue Lorde, O Lorde consider and do it, defer not, for thyne owne sake O my God: because thy name is called vpon thy citie, & vpon thy people.
  • Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is such a God as thou, that pardonest wickednesse, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne heritage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: for his delite is to haue compassion. 19 He shall turne againe, and be merciful to vs, he shall put downe our wickednesses, and cast all our sinnes into the bottome of the sea? 20 Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth, and thy mercie to Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 And forgeue vs our dettes, as we forgeue our detters.
  • Matt 18:25-26 : 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 The seruaunt fell downe, & besought hym, saying: Lorde, haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.
  • Matt 18:34 : 34 And his Lorde was wroth, and delyuered hym to the tormentours, tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him.
  • Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it knowen vnto you therfore, ye men & brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgeuenesse of sinnes, 39 And that by hym, all that beleue, are iustified from all thynges, from which ye coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moyses.
  • Rom 3:24 : 24 Iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christe Iesu:
  • Rom 4:5-8 : 5 To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly, his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes. 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes: 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen, & whose sinnes are couered. 8 Blessed is that man to who the Lorde wyll not impute sinne.
  • Rom 5:6 : 6 For when we were yet weake, accordyng to the tyme, Christe dyed for the vngodly.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the deedes of the lawe, are vnder the curse. For it is writte: Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the booke of the lawe, to do them.
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace,
  • Eph 4:32 : 32 Be ye curteous one to another, merciful, forgeuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you.
  • Col 3:13 : 13 Forbearyng one another, and forgeuyng one another, yf any man haue a quarel agaynst any: euen as Christe forgaue you, so also do ye.

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  • Luke 7:39-41
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    88%

    39 When the pharisee which had bydden hym, sawe, he spake within hym selfe, saying: If this man were a prophete, he woulde surely knowe who, & what maner of woman this is, that touched hym, for she is a sinner.

    40 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Simon, I haue somewhat to say vnto thee. And he sayde: Maister, say on.

    41 There was a certayne lender, which had two detters: The one ought fyue hundred pence, and the other fyftie.

  • Luke 7:43-44
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    85%

    43 Simon aunswered and sayde: I suppose, that he to whom he forgaue most. And he sayde vnto hym: Thou haste truely iudged.

    44 And he turned to the woman, & sayde vnto Simon: Seest thou this woman? I entred into thyne house, thou gauest me no water for my feete, but she hath wasshed my feete with teares, & wyped them with the heeres of her head.

  • Matt 18:21-35
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    21 Then came Peter to hym, and sayde: Lorde howe oft shall my brother sinne agaynst me, and I forgeue hym? tyll seuen tymes?

    22 Iesus sayth vnto hym, I say not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes: but, vntyll seuentie tymes seuen.

    23 Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

    24 And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.

    25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26 The seruaunt fell downe, & besought hym, saying: Lorde, haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

    27 Then the Lorde of that seruaunt, moued with pitie, loosed hym, and forgaue hym the debt.

    28 But the same seruaunt went out, and founde one of his felowes, which ought hym an hundred pence: and he layde handes on hym, and toke hym by the throte, saying: pay me that thou owest.

    29 And his felowe fel downe at his feete, and besought him, saying: haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

    30 And he woulde not: but went, and cast hym into prison, tyll he shoulde pay the debt.

    31 So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory: & came, and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done.

    32 Then his Lorde called hym, and sayd vnto him: O thou vngracious seruaunt, I forgaue thee all that debt, when thou desiredst me:

    33 Shouldest not thou also, haue had compassion on thy felowe, euen as I had pitie on thee?

    34 And his Lorde was wroth, and delyuered hym to the tormentours, tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him.

    35 So lykewyse, shall my heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye from your heartes, forgeue not, euery one his brother, their trespasses.

  • Luke 7:47-49
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    47 Wherfore I say vnto thee, many sinnes are forgeuen her: for she loued much. To whom lesse is forgeuen, the same doth lesse loue.

    48 And he sayde vnto her: thy sinnes are forgeuen thee.

    49 And they that sate at meate with hym, began to say within them selues, Who is this that forgeueth sinnes also?

  • Luke 16:5-7
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    5 So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister?

    6 And he sayde, an hundreth measures of oyle. And he sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and syt downe quickely, and write fiftie.

    7 Then sayde he to another: Howe much owest thou? And he sayde, an hundreth measures of wheate. He sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and write fourescore.

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    35 And on the morowe when he departed, he toke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and sayde vnto hym, take cure of hym, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come agayne, I wyll recompence thee.

    36 Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neyghbour vnto hym that fell among the thieues?

    37 And he sayde: He that shewed mercy on hym. Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: Go, and do thou lykewyse.

  • 9 Whether is it easyer to say to the sicke of the paulsie, thy synnes be forgeuen thee: or to say, aryse, take vp thy bedde, and walke?

  • 20 Whe he sawe their faith, he saide vnto him: Man, thy sinnes are forgeuen thee.

  • 5 Whether is easyer to say, thy sinnes be forgeuen thee? Or to say, aryse and walke?

  • 34 And yf ye lende to them, of whom ye hope to receaue, what thanke haue ye? For synners also lende to sinners, to receaue such lyke agayne.

  • 37 Iudge not, & ye shall not be iudged: Condemne not, and ye shall not be condemned: Forgeue, & ye shalbe forgeuen.

  • 23 Whether is easier to say, thy sinnes be forgeuen thee: or to say, ryse vp & walke?

  • 32 For yf ye loue them which loue you, what thanke haue ye? For sinners also loue their louers.

  • 11 And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:

  • 7 He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them:

  • 3 But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:

  • 4 And though he sinne agaynst thee seuen tymes in a day, and seuen tymes in a day turne agayne to thee, saying, it repenteth me: thou shalt forgeue hym.

  • 5 When Iesus sawe their fayth, he saide vnto the sicke of the paulsie: Sonne, thy synnes be forgeuen thee.

  • 8 Owe nothyng to no man, but to loue one another: (For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe.

  • 31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you.

  • 1 And he sayde also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne riche man, which had a stewarde, and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes.

  • 12 And forgeue vs our dettes, as we forgeue our detters.

  • 46 For yf ye loue them which loue you, what rewarde haue ye? Do not the publicans also euen the same?

  • 7 Why doeth he thus speake blasphemies? Who can forgeue sinnes, but God only?

  • 13 But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?

  • 7 But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

  • 9 Doth he thanke that seruaunt, because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym? I trowe not.