LESSON XXI.
THE SINNER AND SIMON.
Luke, vii. 36 to end.
Why did Jesus come into the world?—To save us from hell.
But why did God say that people must go to hell?—Because everybody was naughty.
Jesus can forgive people their naughtiness, and make them good. But Jesus will not forgive people who are not sorry. I will tell you of a proud man who was not sorry, and of a poor woman who was sorry.
A rich proud man asked Jesus to come and dine with him. Why did he ask Jesus? he did not love him;—he only asked him, that he might hear him talk: but Jesus said he would come.
The proud man treated Jesus very unkindly. He gave him no water to wash his feet, put no sweet ointment upon them, gave him no kiss.
A poor woman, who had been very naughty, saw Jesus go into the rich man’s house. She came up behind Jesus, and began to cry for all her naughtiness. She knew Jesus could forgive her, and she loved Jesus.
She had brought a box of ointment with her: she stooped down, and her tears fell upon Jesus’ feet, and with her tears she washed them: she wiped them with her long hair, and then poured the sweet ointment upon them, and kissed them.
