Luke 7:46
You did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by anointing my head with olive oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent someone to Tekoa town to bring back a woman who was very clever. When she arrived, Joab said to her, “Pretend that you are grieving because someone has died. Put on clothes that show that you are mourning. Do not put any lotion/ointment on your body. Act as if you are a woman who has been mourning for a long time.
Psalms 104:15We get grapes to make [MTY] wine to drink and make us cheerful, and we get olives to make [MTY] olive oil to put on our skin and cause it to shine, and we get grain to make [MTY] bread to give us strength.
Daniel 10:3I did not eat any tasty food or any meat or drink any wine. I did not even put any perfumed oil on my face or hair for those three weeks.
Micah 6:15You will plant seeds, but you will not harvest anything. You will press olives, but others, not you, will use the olive oil. You will trample on grapes and make wine from the juice, but others, not you, will drink the 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 →