And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
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Gill's Exposition
Mine head with oil thou didst not anoint,.... No not with common oil, so usually done at feasts, see Psa 23:5
but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment; even "with ointment" "of spices", as…
Barnes' Notes
Frankly forgave - Freely forgave, or forgave entirely without any compensation. This is not designed to express anything about the way in which God forgives sinners. He forgives - forgives freely, but…
Adam Clarke
Which of them will love him most? - Which is under the greater obligation and should love him most?
When and where this passage of story happened does not appear; this evangelist does not observe order of time in his narrative so much as the other evangelists do; but it comes in here, upon occasion…
Cambridge Bible
he frankly forgave them In the original, the one word ἐχαρίσατο ,-he remitted," involving the idea of that free grace and favour (charis) on which St Luke, like St Paul, is always glad to dwell. See…
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