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I don't think it's so cut and dry. A woman once washed his feet with expensive perfume. He then derided the man who scolded her for not selling it and giving th

I don't think it's so cut and dry. A woman once washed his feet with expensive perfume. He then derided the man who scolded her for not selling it and giving the money to the poor.

autoexec 3y ago
The disciples were upset by the waste because Jesus had a pretty clear and consistent message on wealth. Jesus didn't tell them they were wrong about his message either, seems like he just didn't like that they were being dicks to the woman, didn't want her turned into a villain, and he went out of his way to say she would be remembered for her actions which were directly serving him. > While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked. "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor." Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." Hearing the story as a kid though, I kind of suspected it was really just Jesus saying: "I'm literally about to die for you assholes ffs, can you guys lay off for 5 minutes and just let me have this one nice thing!"
- xen2xen1 3y ago
  I've heard a few sermons that said the effect of the perfume might have lasted until his crucifixion, and might literally have been the one pleasant part of his execution and death. The other part, if you read the scriptures closely, Jesus generally treated the individual as a person first, and a problem (win) second, so the disciples being dicks to her wasn't something he'd be cool with. And he tended not to correct the individual in a group setting.

I don't think it's so cut and dry. A woman once washed his feet with expensive perfume. He then derided the man who scolded her for not selling it and giving the money to the poor.

autoexec 3y ago

The disciples were upset by the waste because Jesus had a pretty clear and consistent message on wealth. Jesus didn't tell them they were wrong about his message either, seems like he just didn't like that they were being dicks to the woman, didn't want her turned into a villain, and he went out of his way to say she would be remembered for her actions which were directly serving him. > While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked. "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor." Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." Hearing the story as a kid though, I kind of suspected it was really just Jesus saying: "I'm literally about to die for you assholes ffs, can you guys lay off for 5 minutes and just let me have this one nice thing!"

xen2xen1 3y ago
I've heard a few sermons that said the effect of the perfume might have lasted until his crucifixion, and might literally have been the one pleasant part of his execution and death. The other part, if you read the scriptures closely, Jesus generally treated the individual as a person first, and a problem (win) second, so the disciples being dicks to her wasn't something he'd be cool with. And he tended not to correct the individual in a group setting.