One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table.
Parallel translations
- KJV And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
- BSB Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
- ESV One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
- NKJV Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat.
- NASB Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
- NLT One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat.
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Quick answer
A Pharisee named Simon invites Jesus to dine at his house, and Jesus accepts. The setting prepares for a striking lesson on forgiveness and love.
Overview
Jesus willingly accepts the hospitality of a Pharisee, showing His openness to all. This meal becomes the stage for contrasting a sinful woman's devotion with Simon's reserve. The scene will reveal that those who know the depth of their forgiveness love Christ most, while the self-righteous remain cold.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Mark 14:3–9While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard — very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
- Matt 26:5–6But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
- Luke 14:1When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
- John 11:2–16It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
- Luke 11:37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.
- Luke 7:34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
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