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 Now Simon,  seeing  this,  spoke  within  himself:  “This  man, if He  were  a prophet,  would  surely  know who  and  what  kind of woman  this  is  who  toucheth  Him,  that  she  is  a sinner.”  Jesus, reading his  thoughts,  said  to  him:  “Simon,  I have  something  to say  to  thee.”  But  he  answered:  “Master,  say  it.”  Then  our  Lord said: “A certain creditor had two  debtors; one  owed him five  hundred pence, and the  other fifty. And whereas they had not  wherewith to  pay, he forgave  them  both. Which, therefore,  of  the  two,  loveth  his master most?”  Simon  replied:  “I  suppose  that  he  to  whom  he forgave  most.”  Jesus  answered:  “Thou  hast  judged  rightly.”



Then, pointing  to  the  woman,  He  said:  “Dost  thou  see  this woman? I entered into  thy  house;  thou  gavest  Me  no  water  for My feet;  but  she  hath  washed  My  feet  with  tears,  and  dried  them with her  hair. Thou gavest  Me  no  kiss ; but  she,  since  she  came