Guest: Would you please pass the _____? Thank you.

Host: Would you care for more _____?
Guest: Yes, please. OR No, thank you.

Guest: (To host when saying goodbye) Thank you for the delicious meal. Thank you for inviting me.

Host: (To guest when saying goodbye) Thank YOU for coming. It was my/our pleasure!

Vocabulary:

What unusual thing does the uninvited dinner guest do?

Mark "T" for true or "F" for false by each sentence below:
1. ___ Jesus teaches: "Love only the people who love you."
2. ___ Jesus also teaches: "Be kind and good to every one."
3. ___ The religious leaders like these teachings of Jesus.
4. ___ Simon the Sinner and Jesus eat dinner together.
5. ___ A sinful woman comes to clean Simon's house.
6. ___ The woman washes the feet of Jesus with her tears.
7. ___ She dries the feet of Jesus with a towel.
8. ___ She pours cheap perfume on the feet of Jesus.
9. ___ The sinful woman loves Jesus because He forgives her sins.
10.___ Jesus tells her: "Go in peace."

1. Jesus begins to teach: "Love everyone-even your enemies!"
2. "Do for other people what you want them to do for you."
3. "Be kind and good to everyone."
4. The proud religious law-keepers do not like these teachings.
5. One religious law-keeper is curious.
6. Simon the Pharisee invites Jesus to his house for dinner.
7. Simon and Jesus eat dinner together.
8. A sinful woman comes to Simon's house to see Jesus.
9. She washes the feet of Jesus with her tears.
10 The woman dries the feet of Jesus with her hair.
11. She kisses his feet and pours expensive perfume on them.
12. Simon does not approve.
13. Jesus says to Simon: "Her love is great because she has received great forgiveness of her sins."
14. Jesus says to the woman: "Your faith has saved you from the punishment of sin. Go in peace."

Choose one of these words to fill in the blanks below:

Jesus teaches: "Love everyone-even your enemies! Do for 1____________ people what you want them to do for you. Be 2____________ and good to everyone." The proud religious law-keepers do not like 3____________ teachings. One religious law-keeper is curious. Simon the Pharisee 4____________ Jesus to his house for dinner. Simon and Jesus 5____________ dinner together. A sinful woman comes to Simon's house 6____________ see Jesus. She washes the feet of Jesus with 7____________ tears. The woman dries the feet of Jesus with her hair. She kisses 8____________ feet and pours expensive perfume on them. Simon does 9____________ approve. Jesus says to Simon: "Her love is great because 10____________ has received great forgiveness of her sins." Jesus Says to 11____________ woman: "Your faith has saved you from the punishment 12____________ sin. Go in peace."

Do you agree or disagree with the following three teachings of Jesus in this lesson?

(1) Love everyone-even your enemies!
(2) Do for other people what you want them to do for you.
(3) Be kind and good to everyone.

Use the handout for agreeing and disagreeing. Tell what you think.

1. Jesus teaches us to love everyone.

This is the opposite of the teaching of the religious law-keepers who say do not love sinners! Eight times the Bible (God's Word to us) says:

"Love your neighbor as yourself." (You may read these verses in Leviticus 19:18, Mark 12:31, Mark 12:33, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8, Matthew 19:19, and also Matthew 22:39.)

The Pharisees (or religious leaders when Jesus lived) could not understand this teaching to love everyone! (For more understanding about God's way to love, read Luke 6:27-42 and I John 3:11, 16-19).

2. We are all equal (the same) in God's eyes.

"A man looks at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart." (I Samuel 16:7c, NLV)

"All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus. Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman." (Galatians 3:26 and 28, CEV)

3. We are all created in God's image.

We are all important to God! (Genesis 1:27, NLV)

4. Because of Jesus, we are never beyond the reach of God's love and forgiveness.

"For I know that nothing can keep us from the love of God. Death cannot! Life cannot! Any other power cannot! Hard things now or in the future cannot! The world above or the world below cannot! Any other living thing cannot keep us away from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39, NLV)

"Whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help." (Hebrews 4:16, CEV)

"If we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away." (I John 1:9-10, CEV)

"Even though your sins are bright red, they will be as white as snow. Even though they are dark red, they will be like wool." (Isaiah 1:18, NLV) "I will forgive their sins. I will remember their sins no more." (Jeremiah 31:34c, NLV)