Verse 37

And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

Referenced Verses

  • John 12:1-8 : 1 ¶ Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], which should betray him, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 7 Then said Jesus, ‹Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.› 8 ‹For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.›
  • 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
  • 1 Pet 4:18 : 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 ‹Whether of them twain did the will of› [his] ‹father?› They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the 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 unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat]. 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 unto them, ‹Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.› 11 ‹For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.› 12 ‹For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did› [it] ‹for my burial.› 13 ‹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world,› [there] ‹shall also this, that this woman hath 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 meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head. 4 And there were some that 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 have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6 And Jesus said, ‹Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.› 7 ‹For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.› 8 ‹She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.› 9 ‹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world,› [this] ‹also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.›
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
  • Luke 5:32 : 32 ‹I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.›
  • Luke 7:34 : 34 ‹The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!›
  • Luke 7:37-39 : 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat 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 did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 ‹And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as› [his] ‹eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.›
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
  • John 9:24 : 24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
  • John 9:31 : 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
  • John 11:2 : 2 (It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)