Luke 7:42

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Luke 7:40–44 · Berean Standard Bible

40 But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.

41 “Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

42 When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”

43 “I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

44 And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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Psalms 49:7

No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

Psalms 49:8

For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,

Matthew 18:25

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Matthew 18:26

Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

Matthew 18:34

In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

Romans 5:6

For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Galatians 3:10

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Psalms 32:1

Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Psalms 32:2

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Psalms 32:3

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Psalms 32:4

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

Psalms 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Psalms 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalms 51:2

Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalms 51:3

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Psalms 103:3

He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,

Isaiah 43:25

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 31:34

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Daniel 9:18

Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

Daniel 9:19

O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Micah 7:19

He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Micah 7:20

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

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And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

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Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

Acts 13:39

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Romans 3:24

and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 4:5

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And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Romans 4:8

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Ephesians 1:7

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Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.