Luke 7:39

New American Bible - revised edition

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

Cross References

2 Kings 5:20

when Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, thought to himself: “My master was too easy on this Aramean Naaman, not accepting what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something out of him.”

Proverbs 23:7

For like something stuck in the throat is that food. “Eat and drink,” they say to you, but their hearts are not with you;

Isaiah 65:5

Crying out, “Hold back, do not come near me, lest I render you holy!” These things are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.

Matthew 20:16

Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.” The Third Prediction of the Passion.

Matthew 21:11

And the crowds replied, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.” The Cleansing of the Temple.

Mark 7:21

From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,

Luke 12:17

He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’

Luke 15:2

but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Luke 16:3

The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.

Luke 18:4

For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,

Luke 3:8

Produce good fruits as evidence of your repentance; and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God can raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Luke 7:16

Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.”

Luke 7:37

Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,

Luke 7:38

she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.

Luke 7:40

Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said.

John 4:19

The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.

John 7:12

And there was considerable murmuring about him in the crowds. Some said, “He is a good man,” [while] others said, “No; on the contrary, he misleads the crowd.”

John 9:24

So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner.”