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And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind [is] the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'
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And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, `Teacher, say on.'
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`Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;
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and they not having [wherewith] to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'
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And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.'
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And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;
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a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what [time] I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;
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with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;
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therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'
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And he said to her, `Thy sins have been forgiven;'
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and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, `Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?'