Luke 7:36-50

My first bible reading at Church occurred today, I read the passage that happens to be the title of this post. The sinful woman in this verse was like the man who owed the money lender 500 silver coins, Simon the Pharisee even told Jesus that that man would have loved the forgiving moneylender more as his debt was greater. But, Simon failed to realize that the woman 'owed' more in sins, and Jesus, because of her treatment of Jesus, forgave her. She loved Jesus more than Simon who thought that inviting him to his house was enough to show Jesus love, but as Jesus pointed out that Simon failed to give Jesus even the most basic of courtesies which in that day would be to give water to guests with which to wash their feet. The woman had the most to lose (her sins) so she wanted to show Jesus that she was faithful to him. And the woman was rewarded by Jesus who forgave her.