Luke 7:38

King James Version (KJV)

And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Translations

Luke 7:38 - Amplified Bible

And standing behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with [her] tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed His feet [affectionately] and anointed them with the ointment (perfume).

Luke 7:38 - American Standard Version

and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Luke 7:38 - Bible in Basic English

And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

Luke 7:38 - Darby Bible

and standing at his feet behind [him] weeping, began to wash his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the myrrh.

Luke 7:38 - English Standard Version

and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

Luke 7:38 - King James Version

And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Luke 7:38 - La Biblia de las Americas

y poniéndose detrás de El a sus pies, llorando, comenzò a regar sus pies con lágrimas y los secaba con los cabellos de su cabeza, besaba sus pies y los ungìa con el perfume.

Luke 7:38 - The Message

Luke 7:38 - New American Standard Bible

and standing behind {Him} at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

Luke 7:38 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

y poniéndose detrás de El a Sus pies, llorando, comenzò a regar Sus pies con lágrimas y los secaba con los cabellos de su cabeza, besaba Sus pies y los ungìa con el perfume.

Luke 7:38 - World English Bible

Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Luke 7:38 - Young's Living Translation

and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

Luke 7:38 - Additional Comments

Shortly (vs 47), Jesus says her sins are forgiven. When did she receive forgiveness? When she turned her heart to Jesus. I expect this had happened during His preaching, and that she finally was able to show it to Him. What we see here is the outpouring of her affection for what Jesus had already done for her. And why was she so emotional? Much had been forgiven (vss 41-44).
Yet, I believe, if we could truly see all that God has to forgive in our lives, that the pile of sin is tremendously huge, and without God all our goodness is as filthy rags (Isa 64:6), we might react in the same way she does. We have some sort of warped view that we really are pretty good people, otherwise we, too, would marvel at God's grace, and adore Him with tears. If only we could see ourselves as God did before forgiveness, and then see ourselves as God does after forgiveness. How we would adore Him with tears!
This reminds me of movies that show you 2 futures, vastly different, each taking a path based on a simple choice earlier. If you could, what would you see in your life if you'd not given your life to Christ? What would it be like?
Now, look into the future. What choices are you making today that will affect your future life, for the bad or the good?

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