Luke 7:36-50 - A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus' Feet

³⁶ Now one of the Pharisees invited Him to take dinner with him. So He came to the Pharisee's house and took His place at the table. ³⁷ There was a woman in the town who was a social outcast, and when she learned that He was taking dinner at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster bottle of perfume ³⁸ and took her stand behind Him at His feet, continually weeping. Then she began to wet His feet with her tears, but she continued to wipe them off with the hair of her head, and she kept right on kissing His feet with affection and anointing them with the perfume.

³⁹ So when the Pharisee who invited Him saw it, he said to himself, "If He were really a prophet, He would know who and of what character the woman is who is clinging to Him -- that she is a social outcast."

⁴⁰ Then Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Teacher," said he, "go on and say it."

⁴¹ "Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars, the other ten. ⁴² Since they could not pay him, he graciously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which one of them will love him more?"

⁴³ Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled most." Then He said, "You are correct in your judgment." ⁴⁴ And turning face to face with the woman He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came to your house; you did not give me any water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair. ⁴⁵ You did not give me a kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet with affection. ⁴⁶ You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with perfume. ⁴⁷ Therefore, I tell you, her sins, as many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the one who has little to be forgiven loves me little." ⁴⁸ And He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven!"

⁴⁹ The men at the table began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"

⁵⁰ But He said to the woman, "It is your faith that has saved you; go on in peace."