Friday
Read Luke 7:36-8:3
36 A Pharisee invited Jesus to have
dinner with him, and Jesus went to his house and sat down to eat. 37In
that town was a woman who lived a sinful life. She heard that Jesus was eating
in the Pharisee’s house, so she brought an alabaster jar full of perfume 38and
stood behind Jesus, by his feet, crying and wetting his feet with her tears.
Then she dried his feet with her hair, kissed them, and poured the perfume on
them. 39When the Pharisee saw this, he said to himself, “If this man
really were a prophet, he would know who this woman is who is touching him; he
would know what kind of sinful life she lives!”
40 Jesus spoke up and said to him,
“Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Yes, Teacher,” he said, “tell me.”
41 “There were two men who owed
money to a moneylender,” Jesus began. “One owed him five hundred silver coins,
and the other owed him fifty. 42Neither of them could pay him back,
so he cancelled the debts of both. Which one, then, will love him more?”
43 “I suppose,” answered Simon,
“that it would be the one who was forgiven more.”
“You are right,” said Jesus. 44Then
he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into
your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet
with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45You did not welcome
me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came. 46You
provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume. 47I
tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have
been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.”
48 Then Jesus said to the woman,
“Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The others sitting at the table
began to say to themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
50 But Jesus said to the woman,
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
8 Some time later Jesus travelled through towns
and villages, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom of God. The twelve
disciples went with him, 2and so did some women who had been healed
of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven
demons had been driven out; 3Joanna, whose husband Chuza was an
officer in Herod’s court; and Susanna, and many other women who used their own
resources to help Jesus and his disciples.
Think
"In that town was a woman who lived a sinful life." (vs 37)
Jesus receives her worship and love as eagerly as he receives the
hospitality of a Pharisee.
Jesus shows us what God is like.
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