Luke 7:44

And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

Simon had slighted and insulted Jesus by withholding the basin of water and the towel normally extended to a visitor, usually at the hands of a servant; and one may only wonder how Simon had made such a slip. Did he suppose that the humble Prophet of the poor would not recognize the omission of such a customary courtesy? Whatever his reason, it must be viewed as an intentional slight, a discourtesy that this Pharisee would not have allowed toward any of his priestly friends; yet he has snubbed the great High Priest.

But God had provided the honor which his only begotten Son required. What the proud Pharisee withheld the sinful woman gave. Her tears replace the basin of water and her hair the towel. How the heart of Simon the hypocrite must have quailed before such a denunciation. His sneering smile froze on his pallid face, as the Judge of all men pronounced sentence upon him in his own house and in the presence of one whom he despised and who was a witness to his humiliation.