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February 22, 1987
Worship should be characterized by devotion rather than desertion, faith rather than fear, and humility rather than hostility. Jesus came to Mary’s defense when she was criticized for breaking a priceless jar of ointment on His feet and unbinding her hair to dry them. From John 12, Alistair Begg helps us understand the extravagant nature of Mary’s worship in contrast to Judas’s underlying greed and the chief priests’ murderous jealousy.
1Six days before ithe Passover, jJesus therefore came to Bethany, kwhere Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2So they gave a dinner for him there. lMartha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3mMary therefore took a pound1 of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii2 and ngiven to the poor?” 6He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and nhaving charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it3 for the day of my burial. 8For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”
9When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus4 was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, owhom he had raised from the dead. 10pSo the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11because qon account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
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