text: I was thinking of the woman in Luke 7:36-50. The anointing at Bethany (Mk 14, Mt 26, Jn 12) concerns oil, not tears. John attributes it to Mary of Bethany. Mary of Magdala (in the resurrection narratives of Mt 28 and Jn 20) has nothing to do with those women, though she has commonly been confused with them. There is nothing about her grabbing his feet; Jesus says "do not touch me" but it is not even clear that she had touched him.