Luke 7:38-50

³⁸She kneeled beside Jesus and with her tears wet his feet, and dried them with her hair. She kissed his feet, and then she poured the perfume over them.

³⁹When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this he said to himself, “If this man was really a prophet he would know who this woman was who's touching him, and what kind of person she was—that she's a sinner!”

⁴⁰Jesus spoke up and said, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he responded.

⁴¹“Once two people were in debt to a money-lender. One owed five hundred denarii, the other only fifty.

⁴²Neither of them could repay him, so he forgave the debts. Which one will love him the most?”

⁴³“The one he forgave the most, I would think,” Simon answered. “You're absolutely right,” said Jesus.

⁴⁴Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “You see this woman? When I came into your house, you didn't give me water to wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

⁴⁵You didn't give me a kiss, but since I came in she hasn't stopped kissing my feet.

⁴⁶You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she poured perfume over my feet.

⁴⁷So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—that's why she loves so much. But whoever is forgiven little, only loves a little.”

⁴⁸Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins have been forgiven.”

⁴⁹Those who were sitting eating with him began talking among themselves, saying, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

⁵⁰But Jesus told the woman, “Your trust has saved you, go in peace.”