the table, with his unsandaled feet outstretched on the couch (as each guest left the sandals beside the door on entering). "Ointment": or "fragrant oil" in NKJV, is translated from the Greek word which was applied 'for any kind of sweet-smelling vegetable essence, especially that of the myrtle'. Verses 47-48 "Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” Eric Franklin observes that the woman is demonstrating her love and asks whether this is "because she has already been forgiven, which is what the parable would imply?" Verse 47, "on a first reading at any rate, does not appear to support this, but rather suggests that she has been forgiven because of her love". The Revised Standard Version and the New King James Version can be read in this way. Franklin notes that "more recent translations, assuming a consistency in the story as a whole, take the Greek ὅτι (hoti'', translated as "for" in the quoted passage above) to mean, not "because" but "with the result that", for example the Revised English Bible translates, "Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven". Verse 48 then proclaims her forgiveness, which this translation assumes has already been pronounced to her. See also Dead Sea Scrolls 4Q521 Miracles of Jesus Nain, Israel Other related Bible parts: Matthew 8, Matthew 11, John 4 References External links King James Bible - Wikisource English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.) Luke 07