Luke 7:44
Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “You see this woman? When I came into your house, you didn't give me water to wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.
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43“The one he forgave the most, I would think,” Simon answered. “You're absolutely right,” said Jesus.
45You didn't give me a kiss, but since I came in she hasn't stopped kissing my feet.
Cross References
Genesis 18:4Let me have some water brought so you can wash your feet and rest under the tree.
Genesis 43:24The steward took them inside Joseph's house, gave them water to wash their feet, and supplied food for their donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:41She stood up, then bowed down low, and said, “I am David's maidservant. I am prepared to serve and to wash the feet of my master's servants.”
James 2:6But you've treated the poor shamefully. Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you before the courts?
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 →