Matthew 26:6-8

Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, “Why this waste?

From Background Notes [BN] for March 29th& 30th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Among the critics, Judas is the least persuasive, given John’s comments in 12:6.

The disciples and the others may have simply been jealous of Mary’s ability to do such an extravagant thing for Jesus, while they did not. We don’t know for sure. What puzzles readers at first is Jesus’ seemingly flippant remark about the poor. Was not Jesus the champion of the poor and often relentless in his criticism of the rich whose wealth kept them from the kingdom of God (see Matthew 19:23; Mark 10:23; Luke 18:24)? Did he not say, “Blessed are the poor… Blessed are the poor in spirit” (Matthew 5:3; Luke 6:20)?  [BN, 6]

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