And one of the Pharisees asked him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat.
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Titus of Bostra
AD 378
But the Lord not hearing his words, but perceiving his thoughts, showed Himself to be the Lord of Prophets, as it follows, And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you.
As if He said, To provide water is easy, to pour forth tears is not easy. You havenot provided even what was at hand, she has poured forth what was not at hand; for washing my feet with her tears, she washed away her own stains. She wiped them with her hair, that soshe might draw to herself the sacred moisture, and by that by which she once enticed youth tosin, might now attract to herself holiness.
But it more frequently happens that he who has sinned much is purified by confession, but he who has sinned little, refuses from pride to come to be healed thereby. Hence it follows, But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
