Summary: <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Gospels: Full of Grace and Truth</span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Anointing by Mary</span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:36-50; John 12:1-11</span></p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p3"><span class="s1"><strong>Now six days before the passover, when Jesus was in Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead, one of the Pharisees desired to eat with him. And he went in the house of Simon, the leper, who was also a Pharisee. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. (Matthew 26:6; Luke 7:36; John 12:1-2)</strong></span></p><br> <ol class="ol1"> <li class="li3"> <span class="s3"><strong>WHO</strong></span><span class="s1"> are you?</span> </li> <br> </ol><p class="p3"><span class="s1"><strong>There came unto him a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box containing a pound of spikenard, a very precious ointment. She stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet. And she broke the box, and poured it on his head, and anointed him with the ointment. The house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (Matthew 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37-38; John 12:3)</strong></span></p><br> <ol class="ol1"> <li class="li3"> <span class="s1">An </span><span class="s3"><strong>EXTRAVAGENT</strong></span><span class="s1"> expression</span> </li> <br> </ol><p class="p3"><span class="s1"><strong>Now when the Pharisee which had invited him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that touches him: for she is a sinner.” (Luke 7:39)</strong></span></p><br> <ol class="ol1"> <li class="li3"> <span class="s3"><strong>BLIND</strong></span><span class="s1"> spots</span> </li> <br> </ol><p class="p3"><span class="s1"><strong>And Jesus answering said unto him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he said, “Master, say on.” “There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed 1 1/2 years wages, and the other 2 months wages. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one he forgave most.” And he said unto him, “You have rightly judged.” And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped [them] with the hairs of her head. You didn’t kiss me, but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wherefore I say unto you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loves little.” (Luke 9:40-47)</strong></span></p><br> <ol class="ol1"> <li class="li3"> <span class="s1">We all want </span><span class="s3"><strong>FORGIVENESS</strong></span> </li> <br> </ol><p class="p3"><span class="s1"><strong> And he said unto her, “Your sins are forgiven.” And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, “Who is this that forgives sins also?” And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (Luke 7:48-50)</strong></span></p><br> <ol class="ol1"> <li class="li3"> <span class="s1">How are we </span><span class="s3"><strong>FORGIVEN</strong></span><span class="s1">?</span> </li> <br> </ol><p class="p3"><span class="s1"><strong>But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, and Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which would betray him, asked, “To what purpose [is] this waste? For this ointment might have been</strong></span></p>
