Luke 7:44
And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
43“I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
45You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.
Cross References
Genesis 18:4Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 43:24And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:41She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Matthew Henry on Luke 7:37-50
Christ in the House of the Pharisee. 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now… Read the whole commentary →