12 Is it (A)nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any pain like my pain
Which was inflicted on me,
With which the (B)Lord tormented me on the day of His (C)fierce anger.
13 From [a]the height He sent fire into my (D)bones,
And it dominated them.
He has spread a (E)net for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me (F)desolate,
[b]Faint all day long.
14 The (G)yoke of my wrongdoings is bound;
By His hand they are woven together.
They have (H)come upon my neck;
He has made my strength [c]fail.
The Lord (I)has handed me over
To those against whom I am not able to stand.
15 The (J)Lord has thrown away all my strong men
In my midst;
He has called an appointed [d]time against me
To crush my (K)young men;
The Lord has (L)trodden as in a wine press
The virgin daughter of Judah.
16 For these things I (M)weep;
[e]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a (N)comforter,
One to restore my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:13 I.e., heaven
  2. Lamentations 1:13 Or Sick
  3. Lamentations 1:14 Lit falter
  4. Lamentations 1:15 Another reading is feast
  5. Lamentations 1:16 Lit My eye, my eye

12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(A)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(B)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(C)

13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(D)
He spread a net(E) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(F)
    faint(G) all the day long.

14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[a];(H)
    by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
    and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands(I)
    of those I cannot withstand.

15 “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;(J)
he has summoned an army(K) against me
    to[b] crush my young men.(L)
In his winepress(M) the Lord has trampled(N)
    Virgin Daughter(O) Judah.

16 “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.(P)
No one is near to comfort(Q) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”(R)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
  2. Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will

46 All our enemies have (A)opened their mouths against us.
47 (B)Panic and pitfall have come upon us,
Devastation and destruction;
48 My [a](C)eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes flow (D)unceasingly,
Without stopping,
50 Until the Lord (E)looks down
And sees from heaven.

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  1. Lamentations 3:48 Lit eye goes down

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide(A) against us.(B)
47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls,(C)
    ruin and destruction.(D)
48 Streams of tears(E) flow from my eyes(F)
    because my people are destroyed.(G)

49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,
    without relief,(H)
50 until the Lord looks down
    from heaven and sees.(I)

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“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, they and the sons of Judah (A)as well; they will go along (B)weeping as they go, and it will be (C)the Lord their God whom they will seek.

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“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
    will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.

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The Anointing in Galilee

36 Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 (A)And there was a woman in the city who was a [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, 38 and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and began kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were (B)a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a [b]sinner!”

Parable of Two Debtors

40 And Jesus responded and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he [c]replied, “Say it, Teacher.” 41 “A moneylender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred [d](C)denarii, and the other, fifty. 42 When they (D)were unable to repay, he canceled the debts of both. So which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered and said, “I assume the one for whom he canceled the greater debt.” And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.” 44 And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you (E)gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You [e](F)gave Me no kiss; but she has not stopped kissing My feet since the time I came in. 46 (G)You did not [f]anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. 47 For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 And He said to her, (H)Your sins have been forgiven.” 49 And then those who were reclining at the table with Him began saying [g]to themselves, “(I)Who is this man who even forgives sins?” 50 And He said to the woman, (J)Your faith has saved you; (K)go in peace.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:37 I.e., an immoral woman
  2. Luke 7:39 I.e., an immoral woman
  3. Luke 7:40 Lit says
  4. Luke 7:41 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
  5. Luke 7:45 A customary form of greeting between rabbis
  6. Luke 7:46 A customary act of hospitality
  7. Luke 7:49 Or among

Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman(A)(B)

36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

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

40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”

“Tell me, teacher,” he said.

41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,[a] and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”

“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet,(D) but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss,(E) but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head,(F) but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”(G)

49 The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you;(H) go in peace.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:41 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).