The poor you will always have with you, but maybe not in Philly
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We are in Holy Week in Circle of Hope and we are journeying with Christ toward his death. In Matthew’s account of Jesus’ final week, he spent time visiting with some of his closest friends in Bethany. He made stayed there after he triumphantly entered Jerusalem. Matthew and Mark don’t identify who the woman is, but John says it is Mary, Martha and Lazarus’ sister who anointed Jesus in reverence and worship with her prized possession. The disciples, in the synoptic accounts and Judas in John’s, claim it’s a “waste” to use precious perfume this way. It should be sold and given to the poor. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy when they make such an egregious claim, “For the poor you will always have with you.” He goes on to say, “But you will not always have me.”
The poor you will always have with you, but maybe not in Philly
The poor you will always have with you, but…
The poor you will always have with you, but maybe not in Philly
We are in Holy Week in Circle of Hope and we are journeying with Christ toward his death. In Matthew’s account of Jesus’ final week, he spent time visiting with some of his closest friends in Bethany. He made stayed there after he triumphantly entered Jerusalem. Matthew and Mark don’t identify who the woman is, but John says it is Mary, Martha and Lazarus’ sister who anointed Jesus in reverence and worship with her prized possession. The disciples, in the synoptic accounts and Judas in John’s, claim it’s a “waste” to use precious perfume this way. It should be sold and given to the poor. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy when they make such an egregious claim, “For the poor you will always have with you.” He goes on to say, “But you will not always have me.”