37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. The Holy Bible : English Standard Version. (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001). Lk 7:37–38.
This woman who was a sinner did not think her self good enough to be at His head but bowed at His feet where we should all be. She then by her tears shows her repentant heart and her hatred of the life she is living. With the wiping of His feet with her hair and the anointing of them with oil she shows how much she loves Him with the love He has poured out into her heart with the forgiving of her sins. This is the perfect showing of what true repentance is and how a religious legalist misses the truth of the situation. How often do we miss the truth of a situation because we are to buys looking at the surface?
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