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268 ~TSTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
2. Slie bongh t an alabaster box of precious ointment; end
tered the house, passcd through the dining-room unmincllul
of the pests, fcll cl on^ before our Lord, without speakil~
a word, and hrcalring the vnsc, she poured tl~o
ointment 011
his fcct. Then? filled with rcpontzncc, she began to kiss IIis
feet, nncl to wash them with her tco.rs, 2nd to wipe them with
the hair of her hcnd. And Jesus was pleased. Now Simon
seeing this, spoke within himself: "This man, if He were a
prophct, no~~lld surely know who and what kind of woman
this is who toucheth Him ; for she is n sinner."
3. Jcsus, reading his tl~oughts, said to him: "Sirnon, I
hnye sorncthing to say to Qcc." But he answered : " TvIastcr,
say it." Then our Lord co~nr~~enccd t " A ce+t.nin ereditor
had two dchtors ; ono o~vcd five llunclrcri pence, and the
othcr fifty. And whereas they had not mhercwiih to pay, he