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Yeshua answered, "Shim`on, I have something to say to you." "Say it, Rabbi," he replied.
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"A certain creditor had two debtors; the one owed ten times as much as the other.
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When they were unable to pay him back, he canceled both their debts. Now which of them will love him more?"
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Shim`on answered, "I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt." "Your judgment is right," Yeshua said to him.
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Then, turning to the woman, he said to Shim`on, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house -- you didn't give me water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair!
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You didn't give me a kiss; but from the time I arrived, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
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You didn't put oil on my head, but this woman poured perfume on my feet!
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Because of this, I tell you that her sins -- which are many! -- have been forgiven, because she loved much. But someone who has been forgiven only a little loves only a little."
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Then he said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven."
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At this, those eating with him began saying among themselves, "Who is this fellow that presumes to forgive sins?"
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But he said to the woman, "Your trust has saved you; go in peace."