The Anointing at Bethany
6 While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, [Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases]
7 a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.
8 When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.
9 “This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me.
11 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.
12 By pouring this perfume on my body, she has prepared me for burial.
13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Commentary
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christianity.com)
"The pouring ointment upon the head of Christ was a token of the highest respect. Where there is true love in the heart to Jesus Christ, nothing will be thought too good to bestow upon him. The more Christ's servants and their services are cavilled at, the more he manifests his acceptance. This act of faith and love was so remarkable, that it would be reported, as a memorial of Mary's faith and love, to all future ages, and in all places where the gospel should be preached. This prophecy is fulfilled."
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