While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar and poured it over his head.And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.
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a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. There were some who said to themselves indignantly, Why was the ointment wasted like that? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they scolded her. But Jesus said, Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can do good for them. but you will not always have me. She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for burial. And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her. And then finally, in John and in chapter 4, in the conversation with the lady at the well. The woman tells him, I don't have a husband. …
a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. There were some who said to themselves indignantly, Why was the ointment wasted like that? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they scolded her. But Jesus said, Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for burial. And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her. And then finally, in John, and in chapter 4, in the conversation with the lady at the well, the woman tells him, I don't have a husband. She then says, I can see that you're a prophet. …
… rage he throws it down breaking the commandments and they lay there on the ground broken until this day. It wasn't just Moses. It was also Mary. In Mark chapter 14, verse 3, she heard about a private dinner party where the honoree was Jesus. But she wasn't pristine or prominent enough to make the invitation list. So she snuck in through the back door with a brown bag. Negroes thought it was Hennessy or Jack Daniels White. but it wasn't either of those. It was an alabaster box of perfume. She had been saving up a whole year just to buy it. Somehow or another, she navigated to get to the feet of Jesus. And when she opened up the bag and looked at the alabaster box, she noted that it did not come with a spray. It didn't come with a roll on. In order for her to get to the ointment, she had to break the whole box. She was prepared in order to get intimate with the Lord, hear this, to go broke. So she broke the box knowing that she could not save any of it, but she had to use all of it. She took that oil that began flowing and put it in her hair and then began washing his feet with that oil. Ladies and gentlemen, might I posit for your consideration this morning that you really don't know how to worship until you've been broken. …