42 но как они не имели чем заплатить, он простил обоим. Скажи же, который из них более возлюбит его?

43 Симон отвечал: думаю, тот, которому более простил. Он сказал ему: правильно ты рассудил.

44 И, обратившись к женщине, сказал Симону: видишь ли ты эту женщину? Я пришел в дом твой, и ты воды Мне на ноги не дал, а она слезами облила Мне ноги и волосами головы своей отёрла;

45 ты целования Мне не дал, а она, с тех пор как Я пришел, не перестает целовать у Меня ноги;

46 ты головы Мне маслом не помазал, а она миром помазала Мне ноги.

47 А потому сказываю тебе: прощаются грехи её многие за то, что она возлюбила много, а кому мало прощается, тот мало любит.

48 Ей же сказал: прощаются тебе грехи.

49 And those who sat at table with him began to say to themselves, 'Who is this that forgives sins also?'

50 And he said to the woman, 'Your faith has saved you, go in peace.'

Chapter 8

1 After these things he went through the cities and villages, preaching and preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve,

2 and certain women whom he healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary who was called Magdalene, out of whom seven demons went forth,

3 And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered to him with their goods.

4 And when a great multitude of people was assembled, and the inhabitants of all the cities came together to him, he began to speak in a parable,

5 And the sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, another fell by the wayside, and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air pecked at it.

6 and some fell on a stone, and when it came up, it withered, because it had no moisture;

7 and some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it;

8 And some fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And when he had said this, he cried out, Whosoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.

9 And his disciples asked him, What would this parable mean?

10 And he said, It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, so that when they see they do not see, and when they hear they do not understand.

11 This is the meaning of this parable: The seed is the word of God;