But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master held back from accepting what this Naaman the Aramean brought. As Adonai lives, I will surely run after him and get something from him.”
Luke 7:39 - Tree of Life Version Now when the Pharisee who invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this were a prophet, He would know what sort of woman is touching Him—that she’s a sinner.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him–for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin). American Standard Version (1901) Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner. Common English Bible When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw what was happening, he said to himself, If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. He would know that she is a sinner. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Pharisee, who had invited him, upon seeing this, spoke within himself, saying, "This man, if he were a prophet, would certainly know who and what kind of woman is this, who is touching him: that she is a sinner." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Pharisee, who had invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would know surely who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner. |
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master held back from accepting what this Naaman the Aramean brought. As Adonai lives, I will surely run after him and get something from him.”
For as he thinks within himself, so is he. “Eat and drink”, he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
who say, ‘Keep to yourself, don’t come to me, for I am holier than you!’ These are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day.
And the crowds kept saying, “This is the prophet Yeshua, from Natzeret in the Galilee.”
For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
And he began thinking to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do? I don’t have a place to store my harvest!’
The Pharisees and the Torah scholars began to complain, saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.
“He was unwilling at the time. But afterward he said to himself, ‘Although I don’t fear God or respect people,
Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance; and don’t even begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’! For I tell you that from these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
Fear took hold of them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has appeared among us, and God has visited His people.”
And behold, a woman in the town who was a sinner, when she discovered that Yeshua was reclining at the Pharisee’s home, brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
As she stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to drench His feet with tears and kept wiping them with her head of hair. Then she was kissing His feet and anointing them with perfume.
And answering, Yeshua said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he said, “Say it, Teacher!”
There was a lot of murmuring about Him in the crowds. Some were saying, “He is good.” But others were saying, “Not so! He leads the people astray.”
So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!”