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Luke 7:38

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weeping: Luke 6:21, Luke 22:62; Judges 2:4-5; Ezra 10:1; Psalms 6:6-8, Psalms 38:18, Psalms 51:17, Psalms 126:5-6; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 31:18-20; Joel 2:12; Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 5:4; 2 Corinthians 7:10-11; James 4:9

wash: Luke 7:44; Genesis 18:4; John 13:4-5

and anointed: Luke 7:45-46; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Song of Solomon 1:3; Isaiah 57:9

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