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Luke 7:35-37
Contemporary English Version
Luke 7:35-37
Contemporary English Version
35 Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do.
Simon the Pharisee
36 A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee's home and got ready to eat.[a]
37 (A) When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume.
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- 7.36 got ready to eat: On special occasions the Jewish people often followed the Greek and Roman custom of lying down on their left side and leaning on their left elbow, while eating with their right hand. This is how the woman could come up behind Jesus and wash his feet (see verse 38).
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