9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.вЂќ.Despite other people questioning her act,Jesus understood her. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. 7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. вЂњWhy are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. Other people who had attended the feast felt that Mary was wasting her precious oil Mark 14:4-5 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, вЂњWhy this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a yearвЂ™s wages and the money given to the poor.вЂќ And they rebuked her harshly 6 вЂњLeave her alone,вЂќ said Jesus. During those days, when a young woman was ready for marriage ,her parents would purchase an alabaster box which would be part of her dowry,when a man asked for her hand in marriage she would break that box at his feet to honor him.Now, you can imagine how precious that box must have been to her but she choose to break it and pour out her precious perfume to Jesus.That was a big sacrifice.Giving Jesus one of her most priced possession. Jesus attended the feast of Bethany at SimonвЂ™s home whom he had healed of leprosy.During the feast, Mary came and presented Jesus with her alabaster box.When Mary approached Jesus, she broke her alabaster box and anointed Him with the precious perfume.During those times, an alabaster box was very precious because it was expensive and contained expensive perfumes or oil.The precious perfume was very valuable and was used during dowry. There are several stories in the Bible that mention the alabaster box.They are almost similar because they involve a woman named Mary who brings an alabaster box containing perfume or ointment to anoint Jesus.She brings it when Jesus is sited having a meal with Simon.The two stories are in different books of the Bible but they are pretty much the same.I particularly love the story of Mary of Bethany because it stirs my heart about giving ourselves to God.

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