Luke 7:37

KJV1611 – Modern English

And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat to eat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

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  • John 12:1-8 : 1 Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly spikenard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. 4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray him, said, 5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag, and used to take what was put in it. 7 Then Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has kept this for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.
  • 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
  • 1 Pet 4:18 : 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
  • Matt 26:6-9 : 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the table. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me. 11 For you always have the poor with you; but me you do not always have. 12 For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 13 Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, what this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.
  • Mark 14:3-9 : 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at dinner, there came a woman with an alabaster box of very precious ointment of spikenard; and she broke the box and poured it on his head. 4 And there were some who had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6 And Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work on me. 7 For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good; but me you do not have always. 8 She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial. 9 Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of in memory of her.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 But their scribes and Pharisees complained against his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
  • Luke 5:32 : 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Luke 7:34 : 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!
  • Luke 7:37-39 : 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat to eat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner.
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.
  • John 9:24 : 24 Then again they called the man who was blind, and said to him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
  • John 9:31 : 31 Now we know that God does not hear sinners: but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
  • John 11:2 : 2 (It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

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  • Luke 7:38-40
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    88%

    38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

    39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner.

    40And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.

  • Matt 26:6-10
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    6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

    7There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the table.

    8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

    9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

    10When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me.

  • Mark 14:2-9
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    2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

    3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at dinner, there came a woman with an alabaster box of very precious ointment of spikenard; and she broke the box and poured it on his head.

    4And there were some who had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

    5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

    6And Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work on me.

    7For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good; but me you do not have always.

    8She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

    9Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of in memory of her.

  • Luke 7:36
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    36And one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat.

  • Luke 7:43-50
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    43Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, You have rightly judged.

    44And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

    45You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet.

    46My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.

    47Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

    48And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven.

    49And those who sat at the meal with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that also forgives sins?

    50And he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace.

  • John 12:2-3
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    2There they made him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

    3Then Mary took a pound of very costly spikenard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

  • John 11:2
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    2(It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

  • John 12:7
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    7Then Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has kept this for the day of my burial.

  • Luke 11:37
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    37And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him: and he went in and sat down to eat.

  • Luke 19:7
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    7And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.

  • John 8:3
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    3And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle,

  • Matt 26:12-13
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    12For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

    13Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, what this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.

  • Luke 10:38-39
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    38Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.

    39And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word.

  • Mark 7:25
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    25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard about him, and came and fell at his feet.

  • Matt 9:10-11
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    10And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

    11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?

  • John 12:5
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    5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?

  • Luke 8:47
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    47And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared to him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

  • Prov 7:10
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    10And it happened, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

  • Luke 7:34
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    34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

  • Luke 7:12-13
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    12Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and a large crowd of the city was with her.

    13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.

  • Mark 2:15-16
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    15And it happened, as Jesus sat at dinner in his house, many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?

  • Luke 14:1
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    1And it happened, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

  • John 8:10
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    10When Jesus had stood up and saw no one but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?

  • John 4:7
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    7A woman of Samaria came to draw water: Jesus said to her, Give me to drink.