Luke 7:44
Then he turned towards the woman and said, “Simon, look at this woman. When I came into your house, you didn’t give me water to wash my feet, but she washed my feet with her tears, and dried them with her hair.
Plain English Version
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In Context
45You didn’t kiss me on the cheek to make me feel good, but this woman keeps on kissing my feet.
Cross References
Genesis 18:4I will get a work-man to bring water so that you can wash your feet, and then you can rest in the shade of this tree.
Genesis 43:24and then he took all those men into Joseph’s house. He got water for them to wash their feet, and he got food for their donkeys to eat.
1 Samuel 25:41She got down on her knees to show respect, her face close to the ground, and she said, “Yes, I will go. I am happy to work for him and his men, and I will even wash their feet too.”
James 2:6So, if you rubbish poor people, you are wrong. Think about this. Who is hard on you? What people take you to court? Do poor people do that, or rich people? Rich people do it.
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 →