Freely

FREELY

Luke 7:36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he
went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at
the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume.
38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with
her tears.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this
man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of
woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
  “Tell me, teacher,” he said.
41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five
hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him
back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”
  “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this
woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but
she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not
stopped kissing my feet.
46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47
Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has
shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
 49 The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even
forgives sins?”
50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
then he said to her, “your sins are forgiven”

1. They both owed.
Luke 7:41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him
five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; 
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there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. 
12 All have
turned away, they have together become worthless; 
there is no one who does
good, not even one.”
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
2. They both couldn’t pay.
Luke 7:42 and when they had nothing with which to repay…
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all like an unclean thing, 
And all our righteousnesses
are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have
taken us away.
2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so
that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might
die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
Galatians 3:13 “But Christ rescued us from the Law’s curse, when he became a
curse in our place. This is because the Scriptures say that anyone who is nailed
to a tree is under a curse.”
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the
unrighteous, to bring you to God.

3. They both were freely forgiven.
Luke 7:42 he freely forgave them both:
Luke 7:39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,
“If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of
woman she is—that she is a sinner.”