Luke 7:46
44 And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45 You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
47 Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
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
- You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- KJV
- My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
- WEB
- You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
- ASV
- My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.
- DARBY
- My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but *she* has anointed my feet with myrrh.
- BLB
- You did not anoint My head with oil, but she herself anointed My feet with fragrant oil.
- ÅB
- du salvet ikke mitt hode med olje, men hun salvet mine føtter med salve.
- OTB
- Du salvet ikke Mitt hode med olje, men hun har helt parfyme på Mine føtter.
- B1930
- du salvet ikke mitt hode med olje, men hun salvet mine føtter med salve.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:8
Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
Read in contextMatthew 6:17
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Read in contextRuth 3:3
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Read in context2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
Read in contextDaniel 10:3
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
Read in contextPsalms 104:15
wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
Read in contextMicah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
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