Joyful Moments in Christ

1. Alabaster Jar — A small, pretty container made from smooth, white stone.
2. Answer — To give a reply to a question.
3. Ask — To say you want something.
4. Banker — A person whose job is to take care of money or lend it to others.
5. Because — For the reason that; why something is true.
6. Began — Past tense of begin; started to do something.
7. Believe — To think something is true.
8. Both — Two people or things together.
9. Brought — Carried or moved someone or something to a place.
10. Came Into — Entered a room or a building.
11. Clear — Easy to see, hear, or understand.
12. Come — To arrive at a place.
13. Cry — To let tears fall from your eyes when you are sad or happy.
14. Debt — Money that you owe to someone.
15. Dried — Made something wet become dry.
16. Eat — To put food in your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.
17. Expensive — Costs a lot of money.
18. Feet — The bottom parts of your legs that you stand on.
19. Forgiven — When someone is no longer blamed or punished for something wrong.
20. Gave — Past tense of give; handed or passed something to someone else.
21. Go — To move from one place to another.
22. Great — Very big, important, or wonderful.
23. Greet — To say hello to someone.
24. Hair — The strands that grow on your head.
25. Head — The top part of your body where your face is.
26. Hear — To listen with your ears.
27. Honor — To show great respect and love.
28. House — A building where people live.
29. Kiss — To touch with your lips to show love or respect.
30. Knew — Past tense of know; to have the answer or understand something.
31. Know — To understand or be sure about something.
32. Love — A strong, kind feeling you have for someone.
33. Man — An adult male human being.
34. Many Times — Happening again and again.
35. Men — Plural of man; adult male human beings.
36. Money — Coins or paper people use to buy things.
37. More — A larger amount or extra.
38. Most — The largest number or amount.
39. Oil — A liquid used for cooking, cleaning, or healing.
40. Only a Little — A very small amount.
41. Other — A different person or thing.
42. Owe — To need to pay back money or a favor to someone.
43. Pay — To give money that is owed for something.
44. Peace — A time without fighting, when people feel calm and safe.
45. People — A group of men, women, or children.
46. Perfume — A sweet-smelling liquid people put on their skin.
47. Pharisee — A religious leader in Bible times.
48. Prophet — A person who tells others a message from God.
49. Response — An answer to a question or an action.
50. Right — Good, correct, or best.
51. Rub — To press and move something back and forth with your hands.
52. Said — Told someone something.
53. Same — Not different; alike.
54. Saved — To be kept safe from danger, sin, or death.
55. Saw — Looked at something with your eyes.
56. Say — To speak with words.
57. See — To use your eyes to look at something.
58. Show — To let someone see something.
59. Silver Coin — A piece of money made of silver.
60. Sinful — Doing wrong things against God’s way.
61. Sins — Bad things people do that go against God.
62. Some — A few people or things, but not all.
63. Something — A thing that is not known or not named.
64. Stood — To stay in one place on your feet.
65. Sweet-Smelling — Having a very nice scent, like flowers or perfume.
66. Table — A piece of furniture with a flat top and legs.
67. Teacher — A person who helps others learn.
68. Tears — Drops of water from the eyes when a person cries.
69. Tell — To give someone information or say something.
70. Think — To have an idea or belief in your mind.
71. Thought — Past tense of think; an idea or thing you think in your mind.
72. Told — Said something to someone.
73. Took a Place — Sat down in a specific spot.
74. Touch — To put your hand on something.
75. Town — A place where people live, smaller than a city.
76. Turn — To move in a new direction.
77. Wash — To clean with water.
78. Water — The clear liquid people drink and fish live in.
79. Went Into — Past tense of go into; entered a place.
80. Woman — An adult female person.

1. Alabaster Jar — A small, pretty container made from smooth, white stone.
2. Answer — To give a reply to a question.
3. Both — Two people or things together.
4. Cancel — To stop something from happening or being owed.
5. Cover — To put something over or on something else.
6. Cry — To let tears fall from your eyes when you are sad or happy.
7. Debt — Money that you owe to someone.
8. Dinner — The main meal of the day, usually in the evening.
9. Dried — Made something wet become dry.
10. Eat — To put food in your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.
11. Faith — Trust in God and believing what he says is true.
12. Feet — The bottom parts of your legs that you stand on.
13. Forgiven — When someone is no longer blamed or punished for something wrong.
14. Give — To hand something to another person.
15. Go In Peace — Leave feeling calm and with no fear.
16. Great — Very big, important, or wonderful.
17. Hair — The strands that grow on your head.
18. Have Dinner — To eat the evening meal.
19. Head — The top part of your body where your face is.
20. Home — The place where a person lives.
21. Invite — To ask someone kindly to come.
22. Kiss — To touch with your lips to show love or respect.
23. Know — To understand or be sure about something.
24. Love — A strong, kind feeling you have for someone.
25. Many — A large number of something.
26. Money — Coins or paper people use to buy things.
27. Moneylender — A person who lets others borrow money.
28. Neither — Not one or the other.
29. Olive Oil — A kind of oil made from olives, used for food or care.
30. Owe — To need to pay back money or a favor to someone.
31. Perfume — A sweet-smelling liquid people put on their skin.
32. Pharisee — A religious leader in Bible times.
33. Pour — To make a liquid flow out of a container.
34. Prove — To show that something is true.
35. Prophet — A person who tells others a message from God.
36. Provide — To give something that is needed.
37. Sat Down — To lower your body onto a chair or the ground.
38. Save — To keep safe or rescue from harm.
39. See — To use your eyes to look at something.
40. Silver Coin — A piece of money made of silver.
41. Sin — Doing something against God’s commands.
42. Sitting — Resting on a chair or the ground.
43. Spoke Up — To speak loudly and clearly.
44. Stand (Stood) — To be on your feet, not sitting.
45. Stop — To make something end.
46. Suppose — To think something is probably true.
47. Table — A piece of furniture with a flat top and legs.
48. Teacher — A person who helps others learn.
49. Tears — Drops of water from the eyes when a person cries.
50. Tell — To give someone information or say something.
51. Town — A place where people live, smaller than a city.
52. Wash — To clean with water.
53. Welcome — To greet someone in a kind way.
54. Wet — Covered with water or another liquid.

Simon the Pharisee
36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him.
Jesus went into the Pharisee’s house and took a place at the table.
37 There was a sinful woman in that town.
She knew that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house.
So the woman brought some expensive perfume in an alabaster jar.
38 She stood at Jesus’ feet, crying.
Then she began to wash his feet with her tears.
She dried his feet with her hair.
She kissed his feet many times and rubbed them with the perfume.
39 When the Pharisee who asked Jesus to come to his house saw this, he thought to himself,
“If this man were a prophet, he would know that the woman who is touching him is a sinner!”
40 In response, Jesus said to the Pharisee,
“Simon, I have something to say to you.”
Simon said,
“Let me hear it, Teacher.”
41 Jesus said,
“There were two men.
Both men owed money to the same banker.
One man owed him 500 silver coins.
The other man owed him 50 silver coins.
42 The men had no money, so they could not pay their debt.
But the banker told the men that they did not have to pay him.
Which one of those two men will love him more?”
43 Simon answered,
“I think it would be the one who owed him the most money.”
Jesus said to him,
“You are right.”
44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon,
“Do you see this woman?
When I came into your house, you gave me no water for my feet.
But she washed my feet with her tears and dried my feet with her hair.
45 You did not greet me with a kiss, but she has been kissing my feet since I came in.
46 You did not honor me with oil for my head, but she rubbed my feet with her sweet-smelling oil.
47 I tell you that her many sins are forgiven.
This is clear, because she showed great love.
People who are forgiven only a little will love only a little.”
48 Then Jesus said to her,
“Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The people sitting at the table began to think to themselves,
“Who does this man think he is?
How can he forgive sins?”
50 Jesus said to the woman,
“Because you believed, you are saved from your sins.
Go in peace.”

Luke 7:36-50 (ERV)

Jesus at the Home of Simon the Pharisee
36 A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him, and Jesus went to his house and sat down to eat.
37 In that town was a woman who lived a sinful life. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, so she brought an alabaster jar full of perfume
38 and stood behind Jesus, by his feet, crying and wetting his feet with her tears. Then she dried his feet with her hair, kissed them, and poured the perfume on them.
39 When the Pharisee saw this, he said to himself, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know who this woman is who is touching him; he would know what kind of sinful life she lives!”
40 Jesus spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Yes, Teacher,” he said, “tell me.”
41 “There were two men who owed money to a moneylender,” Jesus began. “One owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him fifty.
42 Neither of them could pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Which one, then, will love him more?”
43 “I suppose,” answered Simon, “that it would be the one who was forgiven more.”
“You are right,” said Jesus.
44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45 You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came.
46 You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume.
47 I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.”
48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The others sitting at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
50 But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Luke 7:36-50 (GNT)