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But the Perushim and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being immersed by him themselves.
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The Lord said, "To what then will I liken the men of this generation? What are they like?
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They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
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For Yochanan the immerser came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
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The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
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Wisdom is justified by all her children."
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One of the Perushim invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Parush's house, and sat at the table.
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Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Parush's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
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Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
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Now when the Parush who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
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Yeshua answered him, "Shim`on, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say on."
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"A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
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When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
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Shim`on answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most." He said to him, "You have judged correctly."
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Turning to the woman, he said to Shim`on, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
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You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
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You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
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Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."
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He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
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Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
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He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in shalom."