Luke 7:36-50 

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

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