Luke 7:37
35 But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
36 Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
38 As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- KJV
- 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,
- WEB
- Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
- ASV
- And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee`s house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,
- DARBY
- and behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, and knew that he was sitting at meat in the house of the Pharisee, having taken an alabaster box of myrrh,
- BLB
- And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner. And having known that He is reclining in the house of the Pharisee, having taken an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,
- ÅB
- Og se, det var en kvinne der i byen, som var en synderinne, og da hun fikk vite at han satt til bords i fariseerens hus, kom hun med en alabaster-krukke med salve
- OTB
- En kvinne i byen som var en synder fikk vite at Han spiste i fariseerens hus, så hun tok med seg en alabastkrukke med parfyme.
- B1930
- Og se, det var en kvinne der i byen, som var en synderinne, og da hun fikk vite at han satt til bords i fariseerens hus, kom hun med en alabaster-krukke med salve
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 14:3–9
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
Read in contextMatthew 26:6–13
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
Read in contextMatthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
Read in contextLuke 7:37–39
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
Read in contextLuke 5:30
But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Read in contextLuke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Read in context1 Timothy 1:9
We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
Read in context1 Peter 4:18
And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
Read in context