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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: Another usual Eastern custom with guests whom the host intended to honour. Luk_7:46. But this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Anointed them, not with ordinary olive oil, but with precious costly ointment.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. You said in your heart that, if I had been a prophet, I should have known who and what manner of woman this was. I do know, and I am telling you. If you had given me a kiss, you would only have coldly kissed my brow, but she has found it in her heart to honour me by kissing...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My head with oil thou didst not anoint; This, too, was the usual custom.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this woman, hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. “That is a common custom in the case of a guest of honourable estate, but thou didst not observe it; yet this woman has poured upon my feet the most precious form of perfume that could be procured anywhere.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: “You know that her sins were many, and I tell you that they have been forgiven, and you can see, by her actions, that she loves much.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. What music that sentence “Thy sins are forgiven,” must have been to her! ‘Ah!’ says one, “I also should like to hear that sentence. Beyond everything else in the whole world would I desire to hear Jesus say to me, ‘Thy sins are forgiven.’ Then put...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. “Not because she has done this, but this is an evidence that her sine are forgiven. This act of greater love is the proof that she must be conscious of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. There I see the clear run of the argument, — that she is a woman who has had much forgiven by Christ, and that is the reason why she loves him so much. But,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? and he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. He did not want this young convert, this beginner in the Christian life to hear the bickerings and controversies of these coarse spirits, so he said to her, “Go in peace; and,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? Now, you see, they begin to mutter and to cavil. What is this poor woman to do? Probably she felt ready to speak up for her Master; but, sometimes, it happens that the Lord Jesus Christ will not permit certain even of his forgiven ones to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? “Who is this who can thus absolve from guilt?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. She was best out of the way of all controversy; she would honour him most by going home, and there sweetly singing to his praise, and drinking deep draughts of his love. If any of you converts are meeting with those who cavil at you, do not stop where they are, but go about your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. “Go home, good woman, do not stop here and be bothered by these people.” And oftentimes, that is the best advice that we can give to new converts. There is a theological controversy raging, and the jargon of the different schools of thought is being used by one and another; but, do...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, Our Lord’s display of forgiving grace to the woman who was a sinner seemed to whet his appetite for soul-saving, so that “he went throughout every city and village, preaching and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirit and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. If they could not be apostles, they could, at any rate, being women of property, contribute both to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Luk_8:6. And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: a sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hears let him hear. There are many, who have ears, who do not hear to any real purpose. There is the physical act of hearing, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. It was a time of judicial visitations. These people had for centuries refused to hear the voice of God and...