Luke 7:47

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Therefore I say unto you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

But the woman not having yet received the Word (for she was still a sinner), honoured the Lord with what she thought the most precious thing in her possession-the ointment; and with the ornament of her person, with her hair, she wiped off the superfluous ointment, while she expended on the Lord tears of repentance: "wherefore her sins are forgiven."

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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. Greek, ×‘Ì‰×¦ï¢‘×©××¤×‘×™, have been forgiven. At what time, we may ask, were her sins forgiven? 1. Francis Lucas thinks at the time when the Lord said unto her, "Thy sins ate forgiven," v48. 2. Others are of opinion that her sins were forgiven when our Lord in this present verse declared unto Simon the fact of her pardon. 3. But it seems more probable that her sins were forgiven at some time antecedent, i.e. when she felt true contrition for her offences. Because when by the grace of God she had been led to see the heinousness of her sin, so deep was her contrition and sorrow, that she thereby regained the divine favour, and so her love for God and her sorrow for her sins impelled her to show openly the reality of her repentance, and therefore before Christ could say unto her, "Thy sins are forgiven," she had obtained forgiveness by reason of her complete penitence. We may, however, take the wo... Read More

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Cyprian of Carthage

AD 258

In the Gospel according to Luke: "To whom much is forgiven, he loveth much; and to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little."

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. In the Scripture, an effect sometimes seems attributed to one only cause, when there are divers other concurring dispositions; the sins of this woman, in this verse, are said to be forgiven, because she loved much; but (ver. 50,) Christ tells her, thy faith hath saved thee. In a true conversion are joined faith, hope, love, sorrow, and other pious dispositions. (Witham)

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The Apostolic Constitutions

AD 375

He says also to another, a woman that was a sinner: "Thy sins, which are many, are forgiven, for thou lovest much."

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