40. Jesus spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”“Yes, Teacher,” he said, “tell me.”
41. “There were two men who owed money to a moneylender,” Jesus began. “One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him fifty.
42. Neither of them could pay him back, so he cancelled the debts of both. Which one, then, will love him more?”
43. “I suppose,” answered Simon, “that it would be the one who was forgiven more.” “You are right,” said Jesus.
44. Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45. You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came.
46. You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume.
47. I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.”
48. Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49. The others sitting at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
50. But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”