Luke 7:37

³⁵ But wisdom is justified of all her children.

³⁶ 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.

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.

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.

Compare

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
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.
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Matthew 26:6–13
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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Matthew 21:31
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.
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Luke 7:37–39
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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Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
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Luke 5:32
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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1 Timothy 1:9
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,
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1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
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