⁴³ Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

¹⁷ I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.

¹⁸ I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

³⁴ And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

⁴⁷ And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

³⁸ Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

⁹ For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

¹⁴ For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

¹⁵ And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.

¹³ Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:

¹⁶ But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.