Luke 7:26-50 ▼

26 But what went ye foorth to see? A prophete? Yea, I say to you, and more then a prophete.

27 This is he, of whom it is written: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

28 For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he.

29 And all the people, and the publicanes that hearde hym, iustified God, and were baptized with the baptisme of Iohn.

30 But the pharisees and lawyers despised the councel of God, agaynst them selues, and were not baptized of hym.

31 And the Lorde sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the men of this generation? and what thyng are they lyke?

32 They are lyke vnto chyldren, sittyng in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: We haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.

33 For Iohn Baptist came, neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne, and ye say he hath the deuyll.

34 The sonne of man is come, and eateth and drynketh, and ye saye, beholde a gluttonous man, and an vnmeasurable drynker of wyne, a frende of publicanes and sinners.

35 And wisdome is iustified of all her chyldren.

36 And one of the pharisees desired hym, that he woulde eate with hym. And he went into the pharisees house, and sate downe to meate.

37 And beholde, a woman in that citie, which was a sinner, assoone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the pharisees house, she brought an alabaster boxe of oyntment:

38 And stoode at his feete behynde hym, weepyng, and began to washe his feete with teares, & dyd wype them with the heeres of her head, and kyssed his feete, and anoynted them with the oyntment.

39 When the pharisee which had bydden hym, sawe, he spake within hym selfe, saying: If this man were a prophete, he woulde surely knowe who, & what maner of woman this is, that touched hym, for she is a sinner.

40 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Simon, I haue somewhat to say vnto thee. And he sayde: Maister, say on.

41 There was a certayne lender, which had two detters: The one ought fyue hundred pence, and the other fyftie.

42 When they had nothyng to pay, he forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them wyll loue hym most?

43 Simon aunswered and sayde: I suppose, that he to whom he forgaue most. And he sayde vnto hym: Thou haste truely iudged.

44 And he turned to the woman, & sayde vnto Simon: Seest thou this woman? I entred into thyne house, thou gauest me no water for my feete, but she hath wasshed my feete with teares, & wyped them with the heeres of her head.

45 Thou gauest me no kysse: but she, sence the tyme I came in, hath not ceassed to kysse my feete.

46 Myne head with oyle thou dyddest not anoynt: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.

47 Wherfore I say vnto thee, many sinnes are forgeuen her: for she loued much. To whom lesse is forgeuen, the same doth lesse loue.

48 And he sayde vnto her: thy sinnes are forgeuen thee.

49 And they that sate at meate with hym, began to say within them selues, Who is this that forgeueth sinnes also?

50 And he sayde to the woman: Thy fayth hath saued thee, go in peace.