Luke:7:31-50
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And the Lord said ,
Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation ?
and to what are they like ?
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They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace ,
and calling one to another ,
and saying ,
We have piped unto you ,
and ye have not danced ;
we have mourned to you ,
and ye have not wept .
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For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine ;
and ye say ,
He hath a devil .
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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 !
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But wisdom is justified of all her children .
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And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him .
And he went into the Pharisee '
s house ,
and sat down to meat .
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 .
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And Jesus answering said unto him ,
Simon ,
I have somewhat to say unto thee .
And he saith ,
Master ,
say on .
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There was a certain creditor which had two debtors :
the one owed five hundred pence ,
and the other fifty .
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And when they had nothing to pay ,
he frankly forgave them both .
Tell me therefore ,
which of them will love him most ?
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Simon answered and said ,
I suppose that he ,
to whom he forgave most .
And he said unto him ,
Thou hast rightly judged .
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And he turned to the woman ,
and said unto Simon ,
Seest thou this woman ?
I entered into thine house ,
thou gavest me no water for my feet :
but she hath washed my feet with tears ,
and wiped them with the hairs of her head .
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Thou gavest me no kiss :
but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet .
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My head with oil thou didst not anoint :
but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment .
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Wherefore I say unto thee ,
Her sins ,
which are many ,
are forgiven ;
for she loved much :
but to whom little is forgiven ,
the same loveth little .
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And he said unto her ,
Thy sins are forgiven .
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And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves ,
Who is this that forgiveth sins also ?
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And he said to the woman ,
Thy faith hath saved thee ;
go in peace .