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 7:47Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
• Rom 5:20The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
• Matt 18:28“But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
• Matt 6:12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
• Luke 11:4Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
• Rom 3:23for all have sinned, and fall 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 to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
• 1 Tim 1:15–16The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• Jer 3:11Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
• Isa 50:1Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.
• Luke 12:48but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
• Luke 13:4Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
• Num 27:3“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons.
• Matt 18:23–25Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

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