Luke 7:47

WEB

⁴⁷Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

KJV

⁴⁷ Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

BSB

⁴⁷Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

FBV

⁴⁷So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—that's why she loves so much.^[+] But whoever is forgiven little, only loves a little.”

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Extra References

1 John 4:19

¹⁹We love him,^[+] because he first loved us.

1 John 3:18

¹⁸My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Isaiah 1:18

¹⁸“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Romans 5:20

²⁰The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,

Galatians 5:6

⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.

¹⁵So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

¹⁶He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

¹⁷He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

Ephesians 6:24

²⁴Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

Isaiah 55:7

⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

⁹Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom. ¹¹Some of you were such, but you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Luke 5:20-21

²⁰Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

²¹The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”