The Uninvited Guest (Luke 7:36-50)
Feast in the house of Simon the Pharisee by Rubens, c. 1618 Why am I asked the question. A parable about debts. Certainly, the man who owes a greater amount will be all that much more grateful to have a loan forgiven. But the spectacle at the table, kneeling on the floor, crying, how does this relate to transactions of coin? You have judged correctly. Was this a test of some sort. Do I need to be tested. The woman, God knows what she is. Is that the debt he refers to. He is a prophet. Does he not know that this is a woman who sells her flesh. She defiles the temple of her body. Yet he looks at her with deep compassion and looks at me like I am a student who requires to be taught a simple lesson. Simon, do you see this woman? You have judged her to be unclean. You have walked on a separate side of the street, so that you would not pass her and fall unto the same judgement. Simon, when I came to your house my feet were dust...