BROADCASTS.com

Exodus 32:1 \u2013 NLT - When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. \u201cCome on,\u201d they said, \u201cmake us some gods who can lead us. We don\u2019t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.\u201d\n\nExodus 32:2-6 \u2013 NLT - So Aaron said, \u201cTake the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.\u201d All the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, \u201cO Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!\u201d Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, \u201cTomorrow will be a festival to the Lord!\u201d The people got up early the next morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.\n\nExodus 32:19-20 \u2013 NLT - When they came near the camp, Moses saw the calf and the dancing, and he burned with anger. He threw the stone tablets to the ground, smashing them at the foot of the mountain. He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.\n\nLuke 7:36-50 \u2013 NLT - One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, \u201cIf this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She\u2019s a sinner!\u201d Then Jesus answered his thoughts. \u201cSimon,\u201d he said to the Pharisee, \u201cI have something to say to you.\u201d \u201cGo ahead, Teacher,\u201d Simon replied. Then Jesus told him this story: \u201cA man loaned money to two people\u2014500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces to the other. But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?\u201d Simon answered, \u201cI suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s right,\u201d Jesus said. Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, \u201cLook at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn\u2019t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You didn\u2019t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume. \u201cI tell you, her sins\u2014and they are many\u2014have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.\u201d Then Jesus said to the woman, \u201cYour sins are forgiven.\u201d The men at the table said among themselves, \u201cWho is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?\u201d And Jesus said to the woman, \u201cYour faith has saved you; go in peace.\u201d