Luke 7 Scofield
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7:34 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!
“sinners”
Sin.
(See Scofield "Rom 3:23")
7:37 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,
“sinner”
i.e. in the sense of unchaste.
7:44 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.
“Simon”
See Jas 2:14–26. When Jesus would justify the woman in the eyes of Simon, He points to her works, for only through her works could Simon see the proof of her faith; but when He would send the woman away in peace, He points to her faith, not her works. See; Titus 2:14; Titus 3:4–8. His own works can never be to the believer his own ground of assurance, which must rest upon the work of Christ (cf. Matt 7:22; Matt 7:23). See "Assurance"; Isa 32:17; Jude 1:1.
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7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
“were departed”
Having gently removed His servant's doubt, the Lord bears witness to him before others: He knows when to reprove, and where, and when, to praise.