Luke 7:46 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) You did not pour [aromatic] oil on my head, but she poured perfume on my feet. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You did not anoint My head with [cheap, ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly, rare] perfume. American Standard Version (1901) My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment. Common English Bible You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has poured perfumed oil on my feet. Catholic Public Domain Version You did not anoint my head with oil. But she has anointed my feet with ointment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she with ointment hath anointed my feet. |
For this reason, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. [Note: This suggests that her forgiveness was the result of her loving, but the point Jesus makes better fits the idea that her forgiveness produced love]. But the person who is forgiven of little [i.e., of only a few sins], loves [only] a little bit.”