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Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat.

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And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,

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and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

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Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, "This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner."

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And Jesus answered and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." So he said, "Teacher, say it."

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There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

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And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?

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Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have rightly judged."

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Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.

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You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in.

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You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

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Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

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Then He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

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And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"

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Then He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."