A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus’ Feet

36 Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he entered into the house of the Pharisee and[a] reclined at the table. 37 And behold, a woman in the town who was a sinner, when she[b] learned that he was dining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of perfumed oil, 38 and standing behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and was wiping them[c] with the hair of her head and was kissing his feet and anointing them[d] with the perfumed oil.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:36 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“entered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 7:37 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“learned”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Luke 7:38 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Luke 7:38 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation