Luke 7:39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

He spake

This man

Luke 7:16

John 7:12

John 9:24

Would

Matthew 21:28

General references

Jonah 4:1

Luke 5:30

Luke 15:2

Bible References

He spake

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.

“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

This man

Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited His people.”

And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving the people.”

So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory to God.

We know that this man is a sinner!”

Would

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.

But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

“So the last will be first, and the first last.”

“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go, work in the vineyard today.’

General references

But Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.

But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to His disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”