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One of my favorite stories from scripture for it has one of Jesus’ funniest lines:
44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman?”
The woman had been on her knees, crying and anointing Jesus feet long enough for Simon to judge her in his heart and Jesus ask him to judge between two debtors. She’d made a scene in short, and everyone in the room (or outside on a terrace) was watching her and listening to Jesus and Simon.
Oh, the irony.
This is quite the set up and rebuke for Simon, for Jesus judges him out of Simon’s own mouth and behavior.
Just in case any of us is feeling superior to Simon, consider Jesus’ words about how He will judge us all: by every word we speak.
Matthew 12:36 I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter; 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
I consider this verse the most frightening in the Bible.