Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke within himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what sort of woman this is who touches Him, for she is a sinner.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

In Context

38and standing by His feet behind Him weeping; she began to wash His feet with her tears, and was wiping them with the hair of her head; and she was kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

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

Read all of Luke 7

Cross References

Matthew 9:12When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Luke 7:16Then fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.”

Luke 12:17And he reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have nowhere to gather my crops?’

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 7:39