Luke 7:47 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 7:47

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

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The deeply interesting narrative contained in these verses, is only found in the Gospel of Luke. In order to see the full beauty of the story — we should read, in connection with it, the eleventh chapter of Matthew. We shall then discover the striking fact that the woman whose conduct is here recorded, most likely owed her conversion to the well-known words, "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden — and I will give you rest."

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Those many sins of hers are forgiven; therefore she loveth much - The fruit of her having had much forgiven. It should carefully be observed here, that her love is mentioned as the effect and evidence, not the cause of her pardon.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was a kiss of adoration as well as affection. She wiped them with her hair, as one entirely devoted to his honour. Her eyes shall yield water to wash them, and her hair be a towel to wipe them; and she anointed his feet with the ointment, owning him hereby to be the Messiah, the Anointed.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὗ	hou	of this	G3739 →
χάριν,	charin	Because	G5484 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
σοι,	soi	to you,	G4771 →
ἀφέωνται	apheōntai	have been forgiven	G863 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
ἁμαρτίαι	hamartiai	sins	G266 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
αἱ	hai	<the>	G3588 →
πολλαί,	pollai	many,	G4183 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
ἠγάπησεν	ēgapēsen	she loved	G25 →
πολύ·	polu	much;	G4183 →
ᾧ	hō	to whom	G3739 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὀλίγον	oligon	little	G3641 →
ἀφίεται,	aphietai	is forgiven,	G863 →
ὀλίγον	oligon	little	G3641 →
ἀγαπᾷ.	agapa	he loves.	G25 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
leads to
- 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.
- Revelation 7:14
  “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…
- Psalms 51:7
  Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Micah 7:18–19
  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?
- Isaiah 43:24–26
  You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Through
1 John 4:19
We love because He first loved us.
leads to
- 1 John 4:10
  And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- John 3:16
  For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Through
1 John 3:18
Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
leads to
- James 2:15–16
  Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

About Luke

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