Luke 7:37–50

³⁷and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment, ³⁸and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment. ³⁹And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, ‘This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.’ ⁴⁰And Jesus answering said unto him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to thee;’ and he saith, ‘Teacher, say on.’ ⁴¹‘Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty; ⁴²and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?’ ⁴³And Simon answering said, ‘I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;’ and he said to him, ‘Rightly thou didst judge.’ ⁴⁴And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, ‘Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe; ⁴⁵a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what time I came in, did not cease kissing my feet; ⁴⁶with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet; ⁴⁷therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.’ ⁴⁸And he said to her, ‘Thy sins have been forgiven;’ ⁴⁹and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, ‘Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?’ ⁵⁰and he said unto the woman, ‘Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.’

Chapter 8