It is so easy to lock in on Jesus' words, "The poor you will always have with you," and miss the impact of this scene. A woman barges into a meal and does what, by all practical intents and purposes, looks like a completely wasteful and useless act. She breaks a beautiful alabaster bottle and dumps rare and expensive perfumed ointment on Jesus' head. Those present for the meal complain, but Jesus praises her and tells us why: "She has done a beautiful thing . . . she has anointed my body beforehand for burying."
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