Luke 7:37–50

³⁷And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, ³⁸and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. ³⁹Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, ^g“This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

The Parable of the Two Debtors

⁴⁰And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

So he said, “Teacher, say it.”

⁴¹“There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred ^hdenarii, and the other fifty. ⁴²And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”

⁴³Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.”

And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.” ⁴⁴Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no ⁱwater for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. ⁴⁵You gave Me no ^jkiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. ^46kYou did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. ^47lTherefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

⁴⁸Then He said to her, ^m“Your sins are forgiven.”

⁴⁹And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, ⁿ“Who is this who even forgives sins?”

⁵⁰Then He said to the woman, ^o“Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”