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An Extravagant Anointing


Let us not get this story confused with the one in Luke where the woman comes and washes Jesus feet with her tears and then dries them with her hair. Because when I did a search for an image, there was only this image I found that was of someone anointing His head. The rest of the images are of a woman washing Jesus’ feet. But now that is the story in Luke which gets confused with the earlier story in Luke 7:36-50.

Herein all of the gospels a jar of ointment here and is named as spikenard in other gospels is used on Jesus and that would have cost around a year’s wages. it was not cheap. and the money from its sale could have fed a lot of people, but it was used for a purpose to make Jesus ready for his burial. It was extravagant, this woman knew Jesus was worth this and she anointed Jesus. And she will always be remembered as the woman who anointed Jesus.

What have you anointed Jesus with?


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