Luke 7:46

New Century Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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]

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Contextual Overview

³⁶ One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, so Jesus went into the Pharisee's house and sat at the table. ³⁷ A sinful woman in the town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house. So she brought an alabaster jar of perfume ³⁸ and stood behind Jesus at his feet, crying. She began to wash his feet with her tears, and she dried them with her hair, kissing them many times and rubbing them with the perfume. ³⁹ When the Pharisee who asked Jesus to come to his house saw this, he thought to himself, "If Jesus were a prophet, he would know that the woman touching him is a sinner!" ⁴⁰ Jesus said to the Pharisee, "Simon, I have something to say to you." Simon said, "Teacher, tell me." ⁴¹ Jesus said, "Two people owed money to the same banker. One owed five hundred coins and the other owed fifty. ⁴² They had no money to pay what they owed, but the banker told both of them they did not have to pay him. Which person will love the banker more?" ⁴³ Simon, the Pharisee, answered, "I think it would be the one who owed him the most money." Jesus said to Simon, "You are right." ⁴⁴ Then Jesus turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. ⁴⁵ You gave me no kiss of greeting, but she has been kissing my feet since I came in.

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.