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Luke 7:43

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7:43Simon answered,149 “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.”150 Jesus151 said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

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Footnotes

  1. 149 Grk “answering, said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “answered.”
  2. 150 Grk “the one to whom he forgave more” (see v. 42).
  3. 151 Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”

“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.”

“You have judged correctly,” he told him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.”

“That’s right,” Jesus said.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Simon answered and said, “I suppose that it is the one to whom he forgave more.” And he said to him, “You have judged correctly.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.