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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. She was not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. What a blessed amalgam of humility penitence, gratitude, and love! All these are seen in what she did, especially in that unbinding of the tresses of her beauty, which had been her nets in which she had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. For water she gives her tears, for a towel, her hair; to heal the blisters of his weary pilgrimage, there are her soft lips for liniment; and then for ointment comes this precious salve.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, — He did not like to say it in so many words, but he spoke loudly enough for himself to hear it, and for Christ to hear it, too.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him; for she is a sinner. She is a sinner, and does he let her touch him, and kiss his feet, and show such tokens of affection? What man must he be who allows a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, — Well, what did he say? I think that, if some of us, taught of God, and let into the secret of eternal love, had been there, we should have whispered to one another, “What a change has been wrought in that woman! There she is, weeping, and washing the Saviour’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, And were, therefore, likely to be cast into prison, and to be sold as slaves.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus, answering, said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. Christ often answers people who do not speak audibly, he answers those who only speak in their hearts. So you, who are silently praying, may take comfort. If Jesus answers a Pharisee who speaks in his heart against him, much more readily...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. “Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most.” Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. Now,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most. Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. There were no bonds, no promises of what they would do in the future, but he frankly forgave them both.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. “She has given my feet no common washing, for she has washed them with her tears. You would only have brought me a linen napkin, but she hath ‘wiped them with the hairs of her head.’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I entered into thine house, — “Therefore thou wast bound by the obligations of a host,” — Luk_7:44. Thou gavest me no water for my feet: — An ordinary commonplace courtesy in the East, almost a necessity for those who have walked far, and whose feet are weary and dusty: “Thou gavest me no water for my feet:” — Luk_7:44. But she hath washed my feet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, And it was, therefore, thy duty to attend to me. Luk_7:44. Thou gavest me no water for my feet: Though that was the common custom.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head Thou gavest me no kiss; Which was the customary welcome to every honoured guest — a kiss upon the cheek or upon the forehead.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? Christ knew that Simon did see her, and that he had just been sneering at her in his heart: “Seest thou this woman?” Luk_7:44. I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and washed them with the hairs of her head....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou gavest me no kiss, Which was usually given as a greeting to guests at that time. Simon had not given to Jesus the honour which was due to him, which would have been to kiss his forehead. Luk_7:45. But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. Every word is emphatic to show how far she had gone beyond Simon, who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou gavest me no kiss: — Though that was the ordinary mode of !an honoured guest, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. She has done what thou oughtest to have done; she has done it better than thou couldest have done it; she has done it when there was no claim upon her to do it, except that she had been forgiven much, and, therefore, loved much.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou gavest me no kiss: Yet that was the Eastern custom in welcoming an honoured guest. Luk_7:45. But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. “At best, thou wouldst only have kissed me once, but this woman, since I came in, has never left off kissing my feet. With a sacred audacity of love, she has lifted my feet to...