QUESTION #38 Why trouble ye the woman?

   QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED BIBLE STUDY


 








    Read Matthew 26:6-13 KJV: 

 

*  Why trouble ye the woman? (Matthew 26:10)

 

PRECIOUS OINTMENT

Reference: Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 11:1-2, 12:3-8

 

Someone once said that worship is the act of sacrificially giving to Jesus something that is precious to us. What would that be for you? Your money? Your time? Your job? For the woman described in this scripture, it was a container of costly ointment. Let’s look at her story.

 

The story takes place at the house of Simon the Leper in Bethany. We know almost nothing about this man, but evidently, he had suffered from leprosy, possibly Jesus had healed him.

 

Mark doesn’t mention the name of the woman, but John identifies her as Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. John says that Martha was serving at this gathering and that Lazarus was sitting with Jesus. Their presence in the story has caused some to believe that Simon may have been a close relative.

 

Jesus is the guest of honor at this gathering, and as He sits and eats, Mary enters the room with an alabaster box of ointment. This small container of oil is valued at three hundred pence, which was equivalent of a year’s salary for a common worker. It may have been Mary’s dowry, no one knows for sure, but it was probably all that she possessed.

 

It was customary to wash the feet and anoint the head of a guest in your house, but Mary goes above and beyond. John says that she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. She then breaks the container, and pours all of its contents on Jesus’ head.

 

Immediately, the disciples begin to criticize her. One gospel records that Judas is the most vocal. They claim that Mary has wasted this precious ointment, and that she should have sold it and given the money to the poor instead. 

 

But Jesus puts a stop to their criticism. He tells the disciples to leave her alone, because she has done a good work for Him. He said the poor you will always have, but me you will not always have. Jesus had told His disciples on several occasions that He was going to Jerusalem to be put to death, and now He claims that Mary’s act of devotion will serve as the anointing for His burial. 

 

Jesus goes on to state that wherever the Gospel is preached that Mary’s act of devotion would be discussed and remembered as a memorial of her.

 

And her story is still being told today…

 

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