Luke 7:42
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Cross-reference
Luke 7:47 applies the parable: great love proves great forgiveness — connecting the debt forgiven to the response of love.
In Matthew 18:25, the master orders the servant sold to pay the debt — contrasting the free forgiveness in Luke's parable.
Colossians 3:13 commands forgiving as the Lord forgave you — directly echoing the parable's lesson of forgiving debts.
Ephesians 4:32 calls believers to forgive as God forgave — the exact application of the parable's lesson.
Ephesians 1:7 ties forgiveness to the riches of God's grace, echoing the generous pardon in the parable.
In Romans 5:6, Christ died for the ungodly who were 'without strength' — echoing the debtors who had nothing to pay.
Romans 4:5-8 describes forgiveness without works, like the debtor who couldn't pay — a strong parallel.
Romans 3:24 says we are justified freely by grace — directly matching the creditor's free cancellation of debt.
In Matthew 18:34, the unforgiving servant is handed over to tormentors until payment — contrasting the free forgiveness shown here.
Matthew 6:12 uses the same debt metaphor for sins, teaching forgiveness as in the parable.
Micah 7:18-20 celebrates God's delight in mercy, casting sins into the sea — mirroring the total forgiveness of debts.
In Isaiah 44:22, God blots out sins like a cloud and calls to return — the free forgiveness and invitation to love.
In Isaiah 43:25, God blots out transgressions for His own sake — the creditor's gracious cancellation of debt.
In Psalm 103:3, God forgives all iniquities — the divine source of the forgiveness pictured in the parable.
In Psalm 51:1-3, David confesses his sin and pleads for mercy — the debtor's helplessness and need for forgiveness.
In Psalm 32:1-5, David celebrates the blessedness of forgiven sin — the same joy as the debtor who is freely forgiven.
Matthew 18:24 opens the parable of the unforgiving servant with a massive debt — a strong parallel to the two debtors parable.
Acts 13:38 preaches forgiveness of sins through Jesus — the reality behind the parable's picture.
In Psalm 49:8, the ransom is too costly — underscoring that the debtors had nothing to pay and needed grace.
In Psalm 49:7, no one can ransom another's life — reinforcing the debtors' inability to pay their own ransom.
Exodus 34:7 reveals God's forgiving nature — the basis for the parable's picture of a creditor who freely forgives.
Acts 13:39 adds justification from all things — expanding the forgive-as-debt-canceled idea.