Jesus has a view that goes like this: God has a policy for us, and He wants us to be relating to sinners. And so there is this difference. Jesus is now going to illustrate that He’s quite aware of what’s going on here and talk to Simon about the way he’s thinking. The irony, of course, is that Simon is thinking to himself, “Well, if this man were a prophet he wouldn’t allow this to take place,” meanwhile, Jesus is reading his mind, suggesting that maybe He’s a prophet after all. So Jesus answers