{"podcast":{"title":"BIG Life Devotional | Daily Devotional for Women","slug":"big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023","podcast_index_feed_id":10023,"rss_url":"https://biglifehq.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://biglifehq.com/blog/","image_url":"https://biglifehq.com/wp-content/uploads/BL-Devo-V2-min.jpg","author":"Pamela Crim | Daily Devotional for Women","episode_count":100,"summary":"Daily Devotional with Pamela Crim | BIG Life Mentor","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T20:19:04.643074+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023"},"episode":{"title":"2199 Parable of the Pharisee and Sinful Woman","slug":"2199-parable-of-the-pharisee-and-sinful-woman","published_at":"2026-09-14T13:08:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2199-parable-of-the-pharisee-and-sinful-woman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023","url":"https://biglifehq.com/2026/09/2199-parable-of-the-pharisee-and-sinful-woman/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/content.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/2199BLDevo-Parable_of_the_Sinful_Woman.mp3","summary":"Sometimes, to understand the meaning of a story Jesus told, you have to back up and understand the entire scene. For today’s parable, we can’t just jump into the story without looking at what happened right before it. The situation leading up to the parable is actually the key to understanding why Jesus told it in the first place. So, before we get to the story, let’s back up a little. What was happening? Who was Jesus talking to? What had just unfolded? And what was Jesus trying to teach them? Luke 7:36–50 has four parts: the setting, the problem, the parable, and the point. And when you put all four pieces together, you see that Jesus wasn’t simply telling a story about a sinful woman and a judgmental Pharisee. He was exposing something much deeper – the condition of the human heart. Let’s start with the setting. Jesus has been invited to dinner at the home of a Pharisee named Simon. While they are eating, a woman with a reputation for being sinful enters the room. In fact, scripture calls her a “certain immoral woman”. She brings an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, stands behind Jesus, and begins to weep. Her tears fall onto His feet, and she wipes them with her hair. Then she kisses His feet and pours the perfume over them. Can you imagine the scene? This woman walks into a room where she knows she is not exactly welcome, and she goes straight to Jesus. She isn’t concerned about what everyone else thinks. She isn’t trying to defend herself or explain her past. She simply comes to Jesus with a heart full of something – love, gratitude, repentance, desperation. And she pours it all out at His feet. But the Pharisee is watching. Here’s the problem: Instead of seeing a woman who has come to Jesus, the Pharisee sees a woman w…","meta_description":"Sometimes, to understand the meaning of a story Jesus told, you have to back up and understand the entire scene. For today’s parable, we can’t just jump i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1347,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/episodes/2199-parable-of-the-pharisee-and-sinful-woman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2199-parable-of-the-pharisee-and-sinful-woman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}