Luke 7:39

When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he thought to himself, saying, “If this man were a prophet, then he would know who and what type of woman is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

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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 near his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with perfumed oil.

40Jesus responded and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He said, “Say it, Teacher!”

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Cross References

Proverbs 23:7for he is the kind of man who counts the price of the food. 1 “Eat and drink!” he says to you, 1 but his heart is not with you. 1

Matthew 9:12When Jesus heard this, he said, “People who are strong in body do not need a physician, only those who are sick.

Matthew 21:28But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

Mark 7:21For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Luke 7:16Then fear overcame all of them, and they kept praising God, saying, “A great prophet has been raised among us” and “God has looked upon his people.”

Luke 12:17and he reasoned with himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have a place 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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