Luke 7:43
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, You have rightly judged.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, You have rightly judged.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.
Webster's Revision
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.
World English Bible
Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most." He said to him, "You have judged correctly."
English Revised Version (ERV)
Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Clarke's Luke 7:43 Bible Commentary
He to whom he forgave most - By this acknowledgment he was, unknowingly to himself, prepared to receive our Lord's reproof.
Barnes's Luke 7:43 Bible Commentary
I suppose ... - He saw not "the point" of our Lord's parable. By thus saying, therefore, he condemned himself, and prepared the way for our Lord's reproof.
Wesley's Luke 7:43 Bible Commentary
7:43 Which of them will love him most? - Neither of them will love him at all, before he has forgiven them. An insolvent debtor, till he is forgiven, does not love, but fly his creditor.
