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Study: Washing His Feet with her Tears Print E-mail
Written by Kristen West McGuire   

Luke 7:36-50tears
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house, and took his place at table.
37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”
40 And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “What is it, Teacher?” 41 “A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42* When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43* Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, to whom he forgave more.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
44 Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
47 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.” 49 Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 50* And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you;
go in peace.”
(Revised Standard Version)

 

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Bible Study: Queen Esther Gets the Job Done Print E-mail
Written by Kristen West McGuire   
Esther Chapter 7
1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2* And on the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.” 3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”
5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he,
that would presume to do this?” 6 And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen. 7 And the king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. 8 And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was; and the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the words left the mouth of the king,
they covered Haman’s face.
9 Then said Harbona, one of the
eunuchs in attendance on the king, “Moreover, the gallows which Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing in Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” 10 And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai.
Then the anger of the king abated.

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Martha and Mary Duke It Out Print E-mail
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Luke 10:38-42Crawford
Now as they went on their way,
he entered a village; and a woman named
Martha received him into her house.
And she had a sister called Mary,
who sat at the Lord’s feet
and listened to his teaching.
But Martha was distracted with much serving;
and she went to him and said,
“Lord, do you not care that my sister
 has left me to serve alone?
Tell her then to help me.”
But the Lord answered her,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious
and troubled about many things;
one thing is needful.
Mary has chosen the good portion,
which shall not be taken away from her.”
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But she shall be saved through childbearing? Print E-mail
Written by Kristen West McGuire   

bibleI Timothy 2:8-15
 
I desire then that in every place
the men should pray, lifting holy hands
without anger or quarreling;

also that women should adorn
themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly
apparel, not with braided hair or
gold or pearls or costly attire
but by good deeds, as befits
women who profess religion.

Let a woman learn in silence
with all submissiveness.

I permit no woman to teach or to have
authority over men; she is to keep silent.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

Yet woman will be saved through bearing
children, if she continues in faith and
love and holiness, with modesty.
(Revised Standard Version)

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Jesus Gives His Mother to Us Print E-mail
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tearsBut standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
(Revised Standard Version)

 

The following is a synopsis of Adrienne von Speyr's commentary. She was a Swiss mystic and a medical doctor.

 

Alongside John, the beloved disciple, there are three women at the foot of the cross. Mary, the mother, personifies the suffering of the righteous. Conversely, the Magdalene personifies the sinners for whom Jesus dies. The wife of Clopas in the middle gives roundness to the reality that Jesus died for all of us, even the garden variety Catholic woman. Von Speyr reminds us that "one need be neither exceptionally pure, nor exceptionally sinful in order to be looked upon in a special way by the Lord at the cross." Thus, we should never assume that our most ordinary of days nor mundane duties keep us from salvation.

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