03.31.2015 New Testament: Luke 7.44–46

To read the Bible in a year, read Luke 7.31–50 on March 31, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

A Pharisee invited Jesus over for a meal, and a woman with a bad reputation showed up. She honored Jesus, but the Pharisee did not honor Him. The Pharisee criticized Jesus for allowing the woman to touch Him, as she honored Him. In response, this happened,

Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil” (Luke 7.44–46). 

The Pharisee failed to show complete hospitality, for he did invite Jesus to his home, but the woman did what the Pharisee should have done.

Do you show hospitality?