Luke 7:46

Amplified Bible

"You did not [even] anoint My head with [ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly and rare] perfume.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You didn’t anoint my head with olive oil,

King James Version (1611)
Mine head with oile thou didst not anoint: but this woman anointed my feet with oyntment.

King James Version
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

English Standard Version
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

New American Standard Bible
"You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

New Century Version
You did not put oil on my head, but she poured perfume on my feet.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

Legacy Standard Bible
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

Berean Standard Bible
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

Contemporary English Version
You didn't even pour olive oil on my head, but she has poured expensive perfume on my feet.

Complete Jewish Bible
You didn't put oil on my head, but this woman poured perfume on my feet!

Darby Translation
My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but *she* has anointed my feet with myrrh.

Easy-to-Read Version
You did not honor me with oil for my head, but she rubbed my feet with her sweet-smelling oil.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Mine head with oyle thou didest not anoint: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.

George Lamsa Translation
You did not anoint my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

Good News Translation
You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume.

Lexham English Bible
You did not anoint my head with olive oil, but she anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

Literal Translation
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with ointment.

American Standard Version
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

Bible in Basic English
You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

Hebrew Names Version
You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

International Standard Version
You didn't anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume.Psalm 23:5;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Thou with ointment my feet didst not anoint, but this with ointment of balsam my feet hath anointed.

Murdock Translation
Thou didst not anoint my head with perfume; but she hath anointed my feet with perfumed ointment.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Myne head with oyle thou dyddest not anoynt: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.

English Revised Version
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

World English Bible
You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Thou didst not anoint my head with oil: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

Weymouth's New Testament
No oil did you pour even on my head; but she has poured perfume upon my feet.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou anoyntidist not myn heed with oile; but this anoyntide my feet with oynement.

Update Bible Version
You did not anoint my head with oil: but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Webster's Bible Translation
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

New English Translation
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

New King James Version
You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

New Living Translation
You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.

New Life Bible
You did not put even oil on My head but this woman has put special perfume on My feet.

New Revised Standard
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
With oil, my head, thou didst not anoint, - but, she, with perfume, hath anointed, my feet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My head with oil thou didst not anoint. But she with ointment hath anointed my feet.

Revised Standard Version
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Myne heed wt oyle thou dydest not anoynte: but she hath annoynted my fete wt oyntmet.

Young's Literal Translation
with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast not anointed my heade wt oyle, but she hath anoynted my heade with oyntment.

Mace New Testament (1729)
you did not bestow any oil upon my head; but she has poured her rich perfume upon my feet.

Simplified Cowboy Version
You didn't offer me anything, but she has put special perfume on my feet.

Contextual Overview

³⁶One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house [in the region of Galilee] and reclined at the table. ³⁷Now there was a woman in the city who was [known as] a sinner; and when she found out that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume; ³⁸and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began wetting His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and [respectfully] kissed His feet [as an act signifying both affection and submission] and anointed them with the perfume. ³⁹Now when [Simon] the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, "If this Man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him, that she is a [notorious] sinner [an outcast, devoted to sin]." ⁴⁰Jesus, answering, said to the Pharisee, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he replied, "Teacher, say it." ⁴¹"A certain moneylender had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. ⁴²"When they had no means of repaying [the debts], he freely forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?" ⁴³Simon answered, "The one, I take it, for whom he forgave more." Jesus said to him, "You have decided correctly." ⁴⁴Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house [but you failed to extend to Me the usual courtesies shown to a guest]; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair [demonstrating her love]. ⁴⁵"You gave Me no [welcoming] kiss, but from the moment I came in, she has not ceased to kiss My feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ruth 3:3, 2 Samuel 14:2, Psalms 23:5, Psalms 104:15, Ecclesiastes 9:8, Daniel 10:3, Amos 6:6, Micah 6:15, Matthew 6:17

Reciprocal: Matthew 26:7 - very Luke 7:38 - and anointed John 12:3 - anointed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Mine head with oil thou didst not anoint,.... No not with common oil, so usually done at feasts, see Psalms 23:5

but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment; even "with ointment" דבסמא, "of spices", as the Syriac version renders it. There is, throughout the whole account, an opposition between the conduct of Simon, and this woman: he gave him no common water to wash his feet with, she shed floods of tears, and with them bathed his feet, and then wiped them clean with the hairs of her head; he gave him not the usual salutation by kissing his head or lips, but she kissed his feet, and that over and over again; he did not so much as anoint his head with common oil, when she anointed his feet with costly ointment brought in an alabaster box. These several ceremonies to guests were used by their hosts, in other nations, such as washing, anointing, and kissing c.

c Vid. Apuleii Metamorph. i. 1. prope finem.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My head with oil - The custom of pouring oil upon the head was universal among the Jews. The oil used was sweet oil or oil of olives, prepared in such a way as to give an agreeable smell. It was also used to render the hair more smooth and elegant. See Ruth 3:3; 2Sa 12:20; 2 Samuel 14:2; Psalms 23:5.

With ointment - This “ointment” was a mixture of various aromatics, and was therefore far more costly and precious than the “oil” commonly used for anointing the head. Her conduct, compared with that of Simon, was therefore more striking. “He” did not give even the common oil “for his head” used on such occasions. “She” had applied to “his feet” a far more precious and valuable “unguent.” “He” therefore, showed comparatively “little” love. “She” showed “much.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 46. My head with oil thou didst not anoint — Anointing the head with oil was as common among the Jews as washing the face with water is among us. See Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Kings 4:2; and Psalms 23:5, where the author alludes to the Jewish manner of receiving and entertaining a guest. Thou preparest a table for me; anointest my head with oil; givest me an overflowing cup. See Matthew 5:17.