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Luke 7:42

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← Luke 7:41 [words of Jesus]	Luke 7:42 (KJV) [words of Jesus]	Luke 7:43 [words of Jesus] →
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.	And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?	Simon answered and said, I suppose that [he], to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G1161 when they^G846 had^G2192 nothing^G3361 to pay^G591, he frankly forgave^G5483 them both^G297. Tell me^G2036 therefore^G3767, which^G5101 of them^G846 will love^G25 him^G846 most^G4119?

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Original Greek

μὴ ἐχόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀποδοῦναι, ἀμφοτέροις ἐχαρίσατο. τίς οὖν αὐτῶν, εἶπέ, πλεῖον αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσει;

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N	nothing
ἐχόντων	echontōn	G2192	V-PAP-GPM	had
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	And
αὐτῶν	autōn	G846	P-GPM	when they
ἀποδοῦναι,	apodounai	G591	V-2AAN	to pay
ἀμφοτέροις	amphoterois	G297	A-DPM	them both
ἐχαρίσατο.	echarisato	G5483	V-ADI-3S	he frankly forgave
τίς	tis	G5101	I-NSM	which
οὖν	oun	G3767	CONJ	therefore
αὐτῶν,	autōn	G846	P-GPM	of them
εἶπέ,	eipe	G2036	V-2AAM-2S	Tell me
πλεῖον	pleion	G4119	A-ASN-C	most
αὐτὸν	auton	G846	P-ASM	him
ἀγαπήσει;	agapēsei	G25	V-FAI-3S	will love

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G25 — ἀγαπάω (agapáō, ag-ap-ah'-o): I love — perhaps from (much) (or compare עֲגַב); to love (in a social or moral sense):--(be-)love(-ed). Compare φιλέω.
• G297 — ἀμφότερος (amphóteros, am-fot'-er-os): both of two — comparative of (around); (in plural) both:--both.
• G591 — ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi, ap-od-eed'-o-mee): I give back, return, sell — from ἀπό and δίδωμι; to give away, i.e. up, over, back, etc. (in various applications):--deliver (again), give (again), (re-)pay(-ment be made), perform, recompense, render, requite, restore, reward, sell, yield.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G2036 — ἔπω (épō, ep'-o): a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
• G2192 — ἔχω (échō, ekh'-o): I have, hold, possess — a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
• G3767 — οὖν (oûn, oon): therefore, then — apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly:--and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
• G4119 — πλείων (pleíōn, pli-own): more, greater — comparative of πολύς; more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion:--X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.
• G5101 — τίς (tís, tis): who, which, what — probably emphatic of τὶς; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions):--every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
• G5483 — χαρίζομαι (charízomai, khar-id'-zom-ahee): I show favor to, forgive — middle voice from χάρις; to grant as a favor, i.e. gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue:--deliver, (frankly) forgive, (freely) give, grant.

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