Luke 7:44

Plain English Version

Then he turned towards the woman and said, “Simon, look at this woman. When I came into your house, you didn’t give me water to wash my feet, but she washed my feet with her tears, and dried them with her hair.

Cross References

Genesis 18:4

I will get a work-man to bring water so that you can wash your feet, and then you can rest in the shade of this tree.

Genesis 19:2

He said, “Sirs, come and stay in my house. You can wash your feet and sleep here tonight, then you can go on your way tomorrow morning.” The men said, “No, it’s all right. We will sleep outside in the park.”

Genesis 43:24

and then he took all those men into Joseph’s house. He got water for them to wash their feet, and he got food for their donkeys to eat.

2 Samuel 11:8

Then David said to him, “You can go home to your wife. Have a wash and a rest. Go back to Joab tomorrow.” You see, David wanted people to think that the baby was Uriah’s. As Uriah left the big house, David sent a working man with some fresh meat for Uriah and his wife to eat.

Luke 7:38

Then she went inside and was just behind Jesus, near his feet. She was crying, and her tears fell on his feet. Then she dried his feet with her hair, and she kissed them, then she poured all that special oil on to his feet.

Luke 7:43

Simon said, “I reckon it is the man that owed him the most money and didn’t have to pay it back.” Jesus said, “You are right.”

John 13:5

Then he put some water in a bowl, and he started to wash the feet of his followers and dry them with the towel.

1 Timothy 5:10

She has to be the sort of woman that everybody respects because she always did good things for people. She has to be a woman that brought her kids up properly. She has to be a woman that always gave strangers food and a place to sleep. She has to be a woman that did all sorts of things to help God’s people. She has to be a woman that always helped people in trouble and was always ready to do good things.

James 2:6

So, if you rubbish poor people, you are wrong. Think about this. Who is hard on you? What people take you to court? Do poor people do that, or rich people? Rich people do it.

1 Samuel 25:41

She got down on her knees to show respect, her face close to the ground, and she said, “Yes, I will go. I am happy to work for him and his men, and I will even wash their feet too.”