Luke 7:22-44

²²And he answered and said to them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard; that the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are brought;

²³and blessed is he, whoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

²⁴And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What have ye gone out into the wilderness to see? the reeds shaken by the wind?

²⁵But what have ye gone out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Lo! they who wear gorgeous apparel, and live luxuriously, are in kings' palaces.

²⁶But what have ye gone out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

²⁷This is he of whom it is written, “Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.”

²⁸I say to you, Among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

²⁹And all the people when they heard him, and the publicans, acknowledged God as righteous by being baptized with the baptism of John.

³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God toward themselves, not being baptized by him.

³¹To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

³²They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we sung a dirge, and ye did not weep.

³³For John the Baptist hath come not eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

³⁴The Son of man hath come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

³⁵But wisdom is acknowledged by all her children.

³⁶And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and he went into the Pharisee's house, and reclined at the table.

³⁷And lo! a woman who was in the city, a sinner, learning that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster-bottle of ointment,

³⁸and standing behind at his feet, weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

³⁹And the Pharisee who had invited him, when he saw this, said within himself, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who, and what sort of woman, this is that toucheth him; for she is a sinner.

⁴⁰And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on.

⁴¹A certain money-lender had two debtors; one owed five hundred denaries, and the other fifty.

⁴²When they had nothing to pay, he freely remitted the debt of both. Which of them, now, will love him the most?

⁴³Simon answering said, He, I suppose, to whom he remitted the most. And he said to him, Thou hast judged rightly.

⁴⁴And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered thy house, no water didst thou give me for my feet; but she wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.