Luke 7:39

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

In Context

38As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

40Jesus said to him in response, “Simon, I have something to say to yoʋ.” So he said, “Say it, Teacher.”

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Cross References

Matthew 9:12When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick.

Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to his first son and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

Mark 7:21For from within, from the hearts of men, come evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, murder,

Luke 7:16Then all the people were filled with awe and began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us,” and, “God has visited his people.”

Luke 12:17So he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I do not have anywhere to store my crops?’

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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