This is one account fulfilled in the four Gospels.īy the way, the woman is actually Mary, the sister of Lazarus. If we allow these events to harmonize, and take a look at the larger picture, we see Simon the Pharisee not only as the Pharisee, but as Simon the Leper… the healed leper, for a leper could not host a banquet (or even a snack) if he had not been healed! He would have been forbidden such close contact with other people. He could not see that he too had been “forgiven much.” He was indeed grateful for something Jesus had done for him but not grateful enough to understand that his need for Jesus was just as great as this sinful woman. Simon the Pharisee was holding a dinner in Jesus' honor. Jesus is not talking about the woman, he is talking about Simon! The point of the parable is that the person who had been forgiven much, would love more. Why this story? Why make this point to Simon the Pharisee unless Simon should have had a far greater degree of gratitude for something. In Luke’s account (LK 7:40), Jesus begins by telling Simon the Pharisee, at whose home this is occurring, a parable about gratitude. If we allow all four of theses stories to harmonize, watch what happens… there is something really special. Luke’s account, for whatever reason, is simply not in chronological order. This is one event, told four separate ways but included in all four gospels to fulfill Jesus prophesy about her. However, Carson points out that in both Matthew and Mark, Jesus says that the perfume was poured "on my body" and suggests that John has different theological reasons for mentioning the feet than Matthew and Mark have for mentioning the head. In fact, some think that John's mention of Mary wiping Jesus' feet with her hair is a mistake and that John confused the two accounts. However, the position, purpose, and details of the Luke account are disparate enough that many scholars consider that to be a separate story. There are differences between John and the Matthew and Mark accounts, but these aren't nearly as difficult to reconcile. Jesus uses the opportunity to tell a parable.The indignation raised about the event is by the Pharisee that the woman is a great sinner.Chronologically, it seems to occur much earlier in Jesus' ministry than the account in the other three.It takes place at the home of a Pharisee, probably in Galilee.All take place around the time of the triumphal entry.Jesus mentions that this is to prepare him for his burial.In all three, some of the disciples are indignant that the perfume wasn't sold for the poor.Mark and John both mention the figure of 300 denarii.Mark and John both mention that it is pure nard. The accounts in Matthew, Mark, and John all seem to be one account: ( H) 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.It seems that there were probably two incidents, one described in Matthew, Mark and John, and one described in Luke. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.ħ All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” ( D)Ĩ But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, ( E) “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, ( F) I will pay back four times the amount.” ( G)ĩ Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. ( C)ĥ When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig ( B) tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 19 Jesus entered Jericho ( A) and was passing through.
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