# Day 243

# Sins and Love

Part Two
Luke 7:40–50

Jesus spoke up. “Simon, I want to tell you a story.

“Two people owed another man money. The first owed 500 dollars. The other owed 50 dollars. Neither of them could pay. So he told them both they didn’t need to pay him back. Which one loved him more?”

Simon the Pharisee answered, “I suppose the one who owed the most money.”

Jesus said to him, “You’re right. I came to your house. Did you give me water to wash my feet? No. Do you see this woman, Simon? She bathed my feet in tears and wiped them with her hair. You didn’t greet me with a kiss. But since I came, she hasn’t stopped kissing my feet. You didn’t anoint my head with oil. But she has anointed my feet. I tell you, her many sins are forgiven. But the one who’s done little to forgive loves little.

Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”

The people around the table murmured. “Who’s this who forgives sins?”

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Questions: Who had more sins, Simon the Pharisee or the weeping woman? Which one loved Jesus more?