The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-05-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series for
May 10, 10OO-Jesus ut the
Pharisee's House.
Prepared by IL. c. Lenington.]
THE LESSON TEXT.


| SO. And one of the Pharisees desired Him
that lie would eat with him. And He
went into the Pharisee's house, and sat
down to meat
81. And, behold, n woman in the city,
which was a sinner, when she knew that
Jesus sat at meat in the Pharsee's house,
brought an alabaster box of ointment,
49, And stood at His feet behind Him
| weeping and began to wash His feet with
/ tears and did wipe them with the hairs
of her head, and kissed His feet, and an
nointed them with the ointment.
80. Now when the Pharlsee which had
bidden Him saw IL, he spake within him
self, saying: This Man, If He were
| prophet, would have known who and what
manner OF woman this is that. toucheth
! Him; for she is a sinner.
40. And Jesus answering said unto him.
| Simon, have somewhat TO say unto thee.
/ And he saith: Master, say on.
IL. There was u certain creditor which
/ had two debtors: the one owed 800 pence,
and the other 50.
IL. And when they had nothing to pay,
he frankly fCrgave them both. Tell me,
! therefore which of them will love him
most?
4S. Simon answered ana said: l suppose
1 that he to whom he torgave most. And
He said unto him Thou hast rightly
judged.
Ar Md He turned to the woman, and
said unto Shnon Scest thou this woman?
I l entered into thine h3use, thou gavest me
| no water Tor my fect: but she hath
washed my feet with tears, and wiped
them with the hairs OF her head.
40. Thou Eayest TIC no kiss; but this
worlaa since the time l came in hath not
ceased to kiss my feet.
, 49, My head with oil thou didst not an
noint; but this woman hath annointed my
feet with ointment
A. wherefore say unto thee, Her sins,
form too, for glts
loved much; but to whom little is forgiv-
en-, the same loveth little.
As. And He said unto her: Thy sins are
forgiven.
40. And they that sat at meat with Him
began to say within themselves: Who is
this that forGive.h sins also?
so. And He said to the woman: Thy
faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
| GOLDEN TEXT.--Thy faith hath saved
| thee.-LUke 1850.
Jesus at Pharisee's House.-It was
against the pharisees that Jesus
hurled His bitterest denunciations. AS
class they stood for strict and pune
tilious observance of the Mosaic law.
But this observance had become large
ly outward and formal. Christ called
them hypocrtes. But the love of the
Master was for the whole world just
as He found it, and however bitter His
public denunciations seemed, He was
always kindly and courteous in bear
ing. We have no reason to believe the
pharisee of the lesson other than one
of that type often denounced by
Jesus. His attitude toward the wom-
an with the alabaster box of ointment
J shows that his religion had but little
} affected his heart and life. II was
} with this kind of man that Jesus
; went to dinner. Surely He is no re-
specter of persons!
Woman with Box of Ointment
The name of this woman is not given,
but we have in the text enough to tell
us considerable concerning her char
acter. What the pharisee said with
in himself shows us that she was out
wardly bad, an outcast and disrepu-
table sinner. But, evidently, the
pharisee did not see m the woman
what Jesus saw. The picture of this
sinful woman attracted to Jesus, and
weeping as she breaks on His feet q
box of precious ointment indicates
soft spot in her heart and something
within her to which the divine could
appeal.
Parable of the Debtors.-Jesus per-
ceived what was going on in the mind
of the pharisee. So He spoke the par
able of the debtors. One of the debt
ors owed Just ten times the amount
which the other owed. That the one
to whom most was forgiven should
love most is perhaps the general rule
There are exceptions. Ingratitude Is
burning sin, and it so happens some
times that one to whom little is for
. given should love more than the one
, to whom much more has been for
given. But the general rule is prob
2 ably otherwise.
Application of Parable. - However
all this may be, the application OF thu
parable is clear and pointed. Tht
pharisee may have been as great
sinner as the woman. Outward ant
seeming righteousness avails a man o.
woman little. Sin is sin, and poison
in small does will eventually kill al
well as one greater dose. The phari
see was q sinner as well as the won
an. The degree of sinfulness is of Lit
tie consequence. The point is tha
y the pharisee did not view the matte
in this light. The woman he knew
was a great sinner, and he could no
o himself but admit that he was grave
', ly at fault when Jesus pointed out hi
discourteousness and lack of respec
= in failing to give his guest friendl.
- kiss and to provide water for tina
. guests dusty feet.
The woman knew that she had mucl
n to be forgiven, and in the faith tha
IS the Master would forgive all her sil
% she loved Him much. The pharise
y in his self-righteousness thought h
Z had little to be forgiven, consequentl
a, he could not be forgiven, and his lov
q was correspondingly small.
- In connection with the parable it
Il interesting to note however discouI
y tesy or lack of respect for another re
y veals the barrenness of ones char
" acter.
% Troubles.
d The troubles under which we strug
gle are oftentimes only refining proc
ess through which we are made NOR