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

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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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:48 Lit eye goes down

“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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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

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