Luke 7:36-50.
Luke 7:36-50 (Good News Translation)
36A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him, and Jesus went to his
house and sat down to eat.
37In that town was a woman who lived a sinful life. She heard
that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee's house, so she brought an alabaster
jar full of perfume
38and stood behind Jesus, by his feet, crying and wetting his
feet with her tears. Then she dried his feet with her hair, kissed them,
and poured the perfume on them.
39When the Pharisee saw this, he said to himself,
“If this man really were a prophet, he would know who this
woman is who is touching him; he would know what kind of sinful life she
lives!”
40Jesus spoke up and said to him,
“Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Yes, Teacher,” he said,
“tell me.”
41“There were two men who owed money to a
moneylender,” Jesus began.
One owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him
fifty.
42Neither of them could pay him back, so he canceled the debts
of both. Which one, then, will love him more?
43“I suppose,” answered Simon,
“that it would be the one who was forgiven more.”
“You are right,” said Jesus.
44Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon,
Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no
water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them
with her hair.
45You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped
kissing my feet since I came.
46You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my
feet with perfume.
47I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that
her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little
shows only a little love.
48Then Jesus said to the woman,
“Your sins are forgiven.”
49The others sitting at the table began to say to themselves,
“Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
50But Jesus said to the woman,
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
36A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him, and Jesus went to his
house and sat down to eat.
37In that town was a woman who lived a sinful life. She heard
that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee's house, so she brought an alabaster
jar full of perfume
38and stood behind Jesus, by his feet, crying and wetting his
feet with her tears. Then she dried his feet with her hair, kissed them,
and poured the perfume on them.
39When the Pharisee saw this, he said to himself,
“If this man really were a prophet, he would know who this
woman is who is touching him; he would know what kind of sinful life she
lives!”
40Jesus spoke up and said to him,
“Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Yes, Teacher,” he said,
“tell me.”
41“There were two men who owed money to a
moneylender,” Jesus began.
One owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him
fifty.
42Neither of them could pay him back, so he canceled the debts
of both. Which one, then, will love him more?
43“I suppose,” answered Simon,
“that it would be the one who was forgiven more.”
“You are right,” said Jesus.
44Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon,
Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no
water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them
with her hair.
45You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped
kissing my feet since I came.
46You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my
feet with perfume.
47I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that
her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little
shows only a little love.
48Then Jesus said to the woman,
“Your sins are forgiven.”
49The others sitting at the table began to say to themselves,
“Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
50But Jesus said to the woman,
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
God bless you.
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