Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II But the woman not having yet received the Word (for she was still a sinner), honoured the Lord with what she thought the most precious thing in her possession-the ointment; and with the ornament of her person, with her hair, she wiped off the superfluous ointment, while she expended on the Lord tears of repentance: "wherefore her sins are forgiven."[153] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews In the Gospel according to Luke: "To whom much is forgiven, he loveth much; and to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little."[817] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II He says also to another, a woman that was a sinner: "Thy sins, which are many, are forgiven, for thou lovest much."[127]