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Key Points:
- See people as Jesus does.
- How Simon saw the woman.
- How Jesus saw the woman.
- Jesus wanted to minister to everyone.
Quote This:
Luke 7:36-39; 47-48 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!” “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
- What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Have you ever been misjudged based on your past or reputation? Explain.
- What does this passage of scripture reveal about Simon the Pharisee’s motives? Have you ever felt like Simon?
- In your own life, would you identify more with Simon or more with the woman? Explain.
- Why is it important to share in Jesus’s perspective when it comes to ministering to people? Explain.
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
