Luke 7:46
New International Version
You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet.

New Living Translation
You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.

English Standard Version
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Berean Standard Bible
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

Berean Literal Bible
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she herself anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

King James Bible
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

New King James Version
You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

New American Standard Bible
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

NASB 1995
“You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

NASB 1977
“You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

Legacy Standard Bible
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

Amplified Bible
You did not [even] anoint My head with [ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly and rare] perfume.

Christian Standard Bible
You didn’t anoint my head with olive oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You didn’t anoint My head with olive oil, but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

American Standard Version
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“You did not anoint my head with oil, but this one has anointed my feet with oil of ointment.”

Contemporary English Version
You didn't even pour olive oil on my head, but she has poured expensive perfume on my feet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she with ointment hath anointed my feet.

English Revised Version
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You didn't put any olive oil on my head. But she has poured perfume on my feet.

Good News Translation
You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume.

International Standard Version
You didn't anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume.

Literal Standard Version
you did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman anointed My feet with oil;

Majority Standard Bible
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

New American Bible
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment.

NET Bible
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

New Revised Standard Version
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

New Heart English Bible
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Webster's Bible Translation
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

Weymouth New Testament
No oil did you pour even on my head; but she has poured perfume upon my feet.

World English Bible
You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Young's Literal Translation
with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus
45You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived. 46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume. 47Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”…

Cross References
2 Samuel 12:20
Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

Psalm 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Psalm 104:15
wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.

Daniel 10:3
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

Luke 7:47
Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."


Treasury of Scripture

My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.

Ruth 3:3
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

Psalm 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

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Luke 7
1. Jesus finds a greater faith in the centurion;
10. heals his servant, being absent;
11. raises from death the widow's son at Nain;
18. answers John's messengers with the declaration of his miracles;
24. testifies to the people what opinion he held of John;
31. compares this generation to the children in the marketplaces,
36. and allowing his feet to be washed and anointed by a woman who was a sinner,
44. he shows how he is a friend to sinners, to forgive them their sins, upon their repentance.














(46) My head with oil thou didst not anoint.--This also, though not so common as the kiss and the washing of the feet, was yet a mark of courtesy due to an honoured guest. For one who had journeyed to a feast under the burning sun of Syria, it brought with it a sense of comfort and refreshment which made it a, fit type of spiritual realities. For the usage, see Psalm 23:5; Psalm 45:7; Ecclesiastes 9:8. Partly because the use of oil or chrism became more directly symbolic in the ritual of the Christian Church--as in baptism, confirmation, extreme unction, the coronation of kings--partly because in other climates its necessity was not felt, the practice, as belonging to common life, has dropped into disuse. Note the contrast between the olive "oil," which was commonly used, and the more costly "ointment."

Verse 46. - My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. "It never entered thy thoughts to pay me the homage - and yet I had helped thee, too, a little - of pouring oil on my head" (this was by no means an unusual mark of respect in the case of an honoured guest; to one who, under the burning sun of Palestine, had walked, perhaps, some distance, this pouring oil over the head was a great comfort and refreshment); "but she hath anointed, not my head, she shrank, poor soul! from doing this; but my feet. And, too, it was no common oil which she used, but precious, fragrant ointment. A cold, loveless welcome, indeed, my Pharisee friend, was thine! Thou thinkest it honour enough the mere admitting the carpenter's Son to thy table; no need of these special tokens of friendship for thy Guest - the water for the feet, the kiss for the face, the oil for the head. It were a pity, surely, for the great world at Jerusalem to look on thee as the friend of the Nazareth Teacher, as on the one Pharisee who loved to honour the Galilaean Reformer."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
You did not anoint
ἤλειψας (ēleipsas)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 218: To anoint: festivally, in homage, medicinally, or in anointing the dead. To oil.

My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

head
κεφαλήν (kephalēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.

with oil,
ἐλαίῳ (elaiō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1637: Olive oil, oil. Neuter of the same as elaia; olive oil.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

she
αὕτη (hautē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

has anointed
ἤλειψεν (ēleipsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 218: To anoint: festivally, in homage, medicinally, or in anointing the dead. To oil.

My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

feet
πόδας (podas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4228: The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'.

with perfume.
μύρῳ (myrō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3464: Anointing-oil, ointment. Probably of foreign origin; 'myrrh', i.e. perfumed oil.


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