Anointed One — Always Have the Poor Among You

Matthew 26:6-13 New Living Translation (NLT)

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

⁶ Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. ⁷ While he was eating,^[a] a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume and poured it over his head.

⁸ The disciples were indignant when they saw this. “What a waste!” they said. ⁹ “It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”

¹⁰ But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me? ¹¹ You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me. ¹² She has poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial. ¹³ I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

References & Reflections

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus
[2] https://inspired2think.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/understanding-the-significance-of-jesus-being-anointed-by-oil/
[3] https://bible.org/article/anointing-bethany
[4] http://answersfromthebook.net/what-is-the-significance-of-anointing-the-feet-of-jesus/
[5] https://www.gotquestions.org/anointed.html
[6] https://www.biblestudy.org/question/woman-washing-jesus-feet-and-its-meaning.html
[7] https://mylordkatie.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/jesus-and-mary-of-bethany/
[8] http://yahwehishisname.blogspot.com/2013/08/study-of-mary-of-bethany.html
[9] http://pavilionedinpraise.blogspot.com/2009/08/letters-to-jesus-mary-of-bethany.html