Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
10 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “woman” →
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him , and touched the hem of his garment:
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
And last of all the woman died also.
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat .
When Jesus understood it , he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
