YOU SAID:
She only told him that she loved him.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は彼が彼を愛していると言いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She said that he loves him.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は彼が彼を愛していると言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She said that he loves him.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.