Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.”
I do not see how you are interpreting this passage to be
we should stay close to whores?
It is a lesson in faith, forgiveness, and loyalty. I do not think much of the fact that she is a "prostitute" play that large of a part.
Yet if you go back to the time it was written isn't it always easier to pick on women and their sins over a man sinning? Women were considered lower than men. a prostitute lower still. if Jesus can forgive the 'worst sinner ever' in the eyes of who wrote this...... than anyone, even a man that kills people, which is not as bad as a prostitute? because it is a man? can be forgiven.
So I still do not understand how you get 'stay close to whores' from a lesson about forgiving a sinner.
if you would had any idea about biblical language, you would understand that woman was a prostitute. And yes, we should stay close to, follow, those that sin the most, remember the lost sheep parable? Have a great night.
Matthew 18:12-14
“What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. link
This has to do with the fact that we are all important to God even the ones that stray.
There is always a road back to God.
Night!
The point was she was a very bad sinner. In the context of the time that meant a prostitute. The lesson is still the same