Luke 7:37
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
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Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
Mark 14:3While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
Luke 5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Luke 7:37When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
Luke 19:7And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
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 →