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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.
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And the Lord said, "Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?
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They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another and saying, `We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.'
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For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, `He hath a devil.'
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The Son of Man is come eating and drinking, and ye say, `Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!'
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But wisdom is justified by all her children."
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And one of the Pharisees desired Him that He would eat with him. And He went into the Pharisee's house and sat down to meat.
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And behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
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and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and began to wash His feet with tears and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed His feet and anointed them with the ointment.
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Now when the Pharisee who had bidden Him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is who toucheth him, for she is a sinner."
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And Jesus answering said unto him, "Simon, I have something to say unto thee." And he said, "Master, say on."
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"There was a certain creditor that had two debtors. The one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
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And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?"
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Simon answered and said, "I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, "Thou hast rightly judged."
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And He turned to the woman and said unto Simon, "Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house: Thou gavest Me no water for My feet, but she hath washed My feet with tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.
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Thou gavest Me no kiss, but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss My feet.
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My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but this woman hath anointed My feet with ointment.
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Therefore 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."
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And He said unto her, "Thy sins are forgiven."
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And those who sat at meat with Him began to say within themselves, "Who is this that forgiveth sins also?"
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And He said to the woman, "Thy faith hath saved thee. Go in peace."