What happened with Jesus, Simon the Pharisee and the sinful woman? CQ Kids

The Pharisees were the religious teachers of the Jewish Law. Many of them were prideful, thinking they were better than everyone else. One day, a Pharisee named Simon invited Jesus to his home for dinner.

A sinful woman in town heard that Jesus would be at Simon’s house, so she went there with a bottle of perfume and stood near his feet. It seems she did not say a word, but instead spoke with her tears. As she cried, her tears washed his feet and she dried them with her hair. She then kissed his feet and poured perfume on them.

She had a repentant heart with a desire for forgiveness, wanting to live a better life. She showed humility as she honored the Master. But Simon looked down on her and said to himself that if Jesus was REALLY a prophet, he would know what sort of person she was and would never allow her to touch him. But Simon was wrong on so many levels!

Of course Jesus knew what Simon was thinking, so he spoke a parable - a story with a lesson - to help Simon recognize the importance of love and forgiveness. He said, “...’A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces to the other. But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?’” (Luke 7:41,42 NLT)

Simon answered the one who had the larger debt canceled. Jesus said he was correct. He went on to say that Simon hadn’t even performed the most ordinary customs of the day for