36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” 40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. 41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said. (Luke 7:36-43)
Here we see that a Pharisee called Simon invited the Lord Jesus to his house for dinner. A sinful woman came to Simon’s house, stood behind the Lord Jesus at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. Simon despised the woman and even doubted that Jesus was a prophet because he allowed a sinner to touch him. Jesus then told him the parable of two people owed money to a certain moneylender. This parable illustrates the relationship between forgiveness and love; the debtor who receives more forgiveness loves the moneylender more. This sinful woman had a greater love for the Lord. Later, Jesus said to Simon, “ I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet.” This woman loved the Lord more, while Simon, a self-righteous Pharisee, loved the Lord less. A person’s love for the Lord depends on their awareness of their own sins. The more a person is aware of their sins, the more their sins are forgiven by God, and the more they love God. Self-righteous people love God less.
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