“You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.”
It is clear how bare had been Simon's welcome. He had neglected all the means normally used to make a favoured guest feel welcome and to make him comfortable. But this woman had made up for Jesus' lack of welcome by anointing not His head, but His feet. All that Simon had pointedly failed to do to God's prophet, this woman had done, and more. It was a rebuke from God. He had failed even to offer common olive oil, yet this woman, despised by all present, had brought expensive ointment.