Luke 7:46

You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

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In The King James Version

My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

In Context

45You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

47So I tell you, her great love shows that her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned. One who is pardoned little loves little.”

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Cross References

Psalms 104:15wine, to gladden hearts; oil, to make faces shine; bread, to strengthen hearts.

Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap. You will tread the olives but have no oil for rubbing, tread grapes but drink no wine!

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 →

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