Luke 7:29-50 ▼

29 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

30 But the Pharisees and the Law scholars rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

31 |To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance. We mourned, and you did not weep.'

33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'

34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'

35 Wisdom is justified by all her children.|

36 One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.

37 And look, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

38 Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, |This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.|

40 Jesus answered him, |Simon, I have something to tell you.| He said, |Teacher, say on.|

41 |A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

42 When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?|

43 Simon answered, |He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.| He said to him, |You have judged correctly.|

44 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, |Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

45 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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

47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.|

48 He said to her, |Your sins are forgiven.|

49 And those who were reclining with him began to say to themselves, |Who is this who even forgives sins?|

50 He said to the woman, |Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.|