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Jesus Is Anointed By a Sinful Woman. A Pharisee Objects

³⁶ And one of the Pharisees was asking Him to eat with him. And having entered into the house of the Pharisee, He laid-down [to eat]. ³⁷ And behold— there was a woman in the city who was a sinner. And having learned that He is reclining [to eat] at the house of the Pharisee, having brought an alabaster-jar of perfume^[a], ³⁸ and having stood behind Him at His feet weeping— she began to wet His feet with the tears, and was wiping them with the hair of her head. And she was kissing His feet, and anointing them with the perfume. ³⁹ And having seen it, the Pharisee having invited Him spoke within himself, saying, “If this One were a prophet, He would know who and what-kind-of person the woman is who is touching Him— that she is a sinner”.

The One Forgiven Much Loves Much. Jesus Forgives Her Sins

⁴⁰ And having responded, Jesus said to him, “Simon, I have something to speak to you”. And the one says, “Teacher, speak”. ⁴¹ “There were two debtors to a certain lender. The one was owing five-hundred denarii^[b], and the other, fifty. ⁴² They not having the means to pay, he forgave both. So which of them will love him more?” ⁴³ And having responded, Simon said, “I assume that it is to whom he forgave the more”. And the One said to him, “You judged correctly”. ⁴⁴ And having turned toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house— You did not give Me water for My feet. But this one wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. ⁴⁵ You did not give Me a kiss. But this one did not stop kissing My feet from which hour I came-in. ⁴⁶ You did not anoint My head with oil. But this one anointed My feet with perfume. ⁴⁷ For which reason I say to you— her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much. But he to whom little is forgiven, loves little”. ⁴⁸ And He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven”. ⁴⁹ And the ones reclining-back-with Him [to eat] began to say among themselves, “Who is this One, Who even forgives sins?” ⁵⁰ And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace”.

Jesus Speaks To The Crowd With a Parable

8 And it came about during the successive days that He was traveling-through according to city and village, proclaiming and announcing the kingdom of God as good news. And the twelve were with Him, ² and some women who had been cured from evil spirits and infirmities— Mary, the one being called Magdalene^[c], from whom seven demons had come out, ³ and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward^[d], and Susanna, and many others, who were serving them out of their possessions.