Luke 7:38

Weeping, the woman wets Jesus' feet with her tears, wipes them with her hair, kisses them, and anoints them with ointment. Her humble, lavish devotion expresses heartfelt repentance and love.

Cross-references · 22

• Ps 126:5–6Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
• Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
• Gen 18:4Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
• Ps 6:6–8I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
• Eccl 9:8Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.
• Luke 7:44–46Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
• Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
• John 13:4–5arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
• 2 Cor 7:10–11For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
• Ps 38:18For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
• Jer 31:9They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Joel 2:12“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
• Matt 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
• Ezra 10:1Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
• Isa 57:9You went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol.
• Jer 31:18–20“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.
• Jas 4:9Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
• Judg 2:4–5When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
• Zech 12:10I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
• Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
• Song 1:3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
• Luke 22:62He went out, and wept bitterly.

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