Luke 7:37

A woman known in the city as a sinner learns Jesus is dining there and brings an alabaster jar of ointment. Her approach signals deep devotion and need.

Cross-references · 17

• Mark 14:3–9While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
• Matt 26:6–13While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
• Luke 7:37–39When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
• Matt 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
• Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
• 1 Pet 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
• Luke 5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
• Luke 18:13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
• 1 Tim 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
• John 12:1–8Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
• John 11:2(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
• Rom 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• John 9:24So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
• Luke 19:7And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
• Luke 7:34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
• 1 Tim 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
• John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

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