Luke 2, verse by verse ...

[allmyluv4Him]

Luke 7:27 (NKJV)

"This is he of whom it is written:
"Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way befor You.

 

[doc329]

Luke 7:28 (KJV)
For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

 

[allmyluv4Him]

Luke 7:29 (NKJV)

And when all teh people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

 

[angelwind]

Luke 7:29

and when all the people and the tax gatherers heard this, they acknowledged God's justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

 

[allmyluv4Him]

Luke 7:30 (NKJV)

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him,

 

[doc329]

Luke 7:31 (KJV)
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

 

[allmyluv4Him]

Luke 7:32 (NKJV)

"They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: 'We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not weep.'

 

[doc329]

Luke 7:33 (KJV)
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

 

[barb754]

Luke 7:34 (KJV)
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

 

[allmyluv4Him]

Luke 7:35 (NKJV)

"but wisdom is justified by all her children."

 

[barb754]

Luke 7:36 (KJV)
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

 

[doc329]

Luke 7:37 (KJV)
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

 

[angelwind]

Luke 7:38

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.

 

[doc329]

Luke 7:39 (KJV)
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

 

[barb754]

Luke 7:40 (KJV)
And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.

 

[doc329]

Luke 7:41 (KJV)
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

 

[barb754]

Luke 7:42 (KJV)
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

 

[angelwind]

Luke 7:43

Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have judged correctly.

 

[barb754]

Luke 7:44 (KJV)
And 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.

 

[StMatthew2429]

Luke 7:45

Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.