The Parables
of Jesus
26. Two Debtors
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| 41 duvo creofeilevtai h\san danisth'/ tini.
oJ ei|" w[feilen dhnavria pentakovsia, oJ de; e&tero" penthvkonta.
42 mh; ejcovntwn aujtw'n ajpodou'nai ajmfotevroi" ejcarivsato. tiv"
ou\n aujtw'n plei'on ajgaphvsei aujtovn;
43 ajpokriqei;" Sivmwn ei\pen, JUpolambavnw o&ti w|/ to; plei'on ejcarivsato. oJ de; ei\pen aujtw'/, ÅOrqw'" e[krina". |
41 "A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii,
and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he forgave them
both. Now which of them will love him more?"
43 Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly." |
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