58. Cf. Lk 7.41-47. 59. Sc., than she is.
TRACTATE 7 173 lie allowed himself to be touched so that the touch itself might heal.
(3) The Lord, seeing the heart of the Pharisee, related a parable: '"A certain moneylender had two debtors; the one owed him fifty denarii, the other, five hundred. As they had no means of paying, he forgave them both. Which one loved him more?' And he said, 'I suppose, Lord, the one to whom he forgave more.' And having turned to the woman, he said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman? I entered into your house; you did not give" me water for my feet; but she washed my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss; she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You gave me no oil; she has anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say to you, Many sins are forgiven her because she has loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves little.'" This is to say. You are more sick,' but you think you are healthy; you think little is forgiven you although you owe more. She, because there was no guile in her, well deserved her medicine. What is this, there was no guile in her? She admitted her sins.
(4) This also he praises in Nathanael, that there was no guile in him; for many Pharisees who abounded in sins said they were just and brought guile [with them] on account of which they could not be healed.
20. And so he saw him in whom there was no guile, and said, '"Behold, truly an Israelite in whom there is no guile.' Nathanael says to him, 'Where do you know me from?' Jesus answered and said, 'Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig, I saw you.'" That is, under the fig tree. "Nathanael answered him and said, 'Rabbi, You are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.'"
(2) This Nathanael could understand something great in that which was said, "When you were under the fig tree, I saw
57. The CCL Latin text reads ardisti, an unexampled Latin verb that one may well suspect is a typist's error undetected by the editor since both the Maurist and the Migne texts give the dedisti of the Vulgate text and no evidence of any manuscript variants. The reading dedisti is adopted in this translation.
58. Cf. Lk 7.41-47. 59. Sc., than she is.