Luke 7:39-48

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³⁹ Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him—for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin).

⁴⁰ And Jesus, replying, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he answered, Teacher, say it.

⁴¹ A certain lender of money [at interest] had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

⁴² When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?

⁴³ Simon answered, The one, I take it, for whom he forgave and cancelled more. And Jesus said to him, You have decided correctly.

⁴⁴ Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

⁴⁵ You gave Me no kiss, but she from the moment I came in has not ceased [^[a]intermittently] to kiss My feet tenderly and caressingly.

⁴⁶ You did not anoint My head with ^[b][cheap, ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with ^[c][costly, rare] perfume.

⁴⁷ Therefore I tell you, her sins, many [as they are], are forgiven her—because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.

⁴⁸ And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven!