44And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
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Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-49)When and where this passage of story happened does not appear; this evangelist does not observe order of time in his narrative so much as the other evangelists do; but it comes in here, upon occasion of Christ’s being reproached as a friend to publicans and sinners , to show that it was only for their good, and to bring them to repentance, that he conversed with them; and that those whom he admitt…
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