Thematic Bible: Reclining on couches


Thematic Bible



Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,

And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.

He, leaning back thus on Jesus’ bosom, *said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”