Luke 7:41

Jesus tells of a lender with two debtors, one owing five hundred denarii and the other fifty. The parable sets up a lesson about forgiveness and gratitude.

Cross-references · 15

• Luke 7:47Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
• Rom 5:20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
• Matt 18:28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
• Matt 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
• Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
• Rom 3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
• 1 Jn 1:8–10If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• John 15:22–24If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
• 1 Tim 1:15–16This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• Jer 3:11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
• Isa 50:1Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
• Luke 12:48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
• Luke 13:4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
• Num 27:3Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
• Matt 18:23–25Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

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