Part 3

"The other owed fifty; and when they had nothing to pay he forgave them

"All that they owed; wherefore which of the two will most love him?"

Simon said, thoughtfully: "He, I suppose, to whom most was forgiven."

Jesus made answer: "Thou judgest well. Consider this woman.

"Weary with travel and sore were my feet, but thou gavest no water;

"She, to wash them, hath given the tears of her love and her sorrow,

"Wiping them dry with her hair; and hath kissed them and bathed them with ointment.

"Wherefore, O woman, weep not! I forgive thee thy sins which are many.

"Go thou in peace."

And those who were with Him at meat were astonished.

"Lo! she spoke not, she asked not and yet He forgave her," they whispered.

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Dear to my God are the rills that flow from the mountains of sorrow

Over the faces of men and in them is a rainbow of promise.

Strong is the prayer of the rills that oft bathed the feet of The Master.

THE END