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A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus

Luke 7:46

In 9 translations

BSB
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
KJV
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
WEB
You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
ASV
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.
LSV
you did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman anointed My feet with oil;
YLT
with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;
DBY
My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but she has anointed my feet with myrrh.
DRC
My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she with ointment hath anointed my feet.
GNV
Mine head with oyle thou didest not anoint: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τοὺς elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πόδας elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: τοὺς πόδας μου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοὺς πόδας μου; Robinson–Pierpont read μου τοὺς πόδας.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐλαίῳ τὴν κεφαλήν μου οὐκ ἤλειψας· αὕτη δὲ μύρῳ ἤλειψεν τοὺς πόδας μου.
RP2018
Ἐλαίῳ τὴν κεφαλήν μου οὐκ ἤλειψας· αὕτη δὲ μύρῳ ἤλειψέν μου τοὺς πόδας.
TR-Boyd
Ἐλαίῳ τὴν κεφαλήν μου οὐκ ἤλειψας· αὕτη δὲ μύρῳ ἤλειψέ μου τοὺς πόδας.
SCR1894
ελαιω την κεφαλην μου ουκ ηλειψας αυτη δε μυρω ηλειψεν μου τους ποδας

Who and where

◆ Anointed by a Sinner Woman

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
  • Ecclesiastes 9:8Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
  • Matthew 6:17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
  • Psalms 104:15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
  • 2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a…
  • Daniel 10:3I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
  • Ruth 3:3Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
  • Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  • Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

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