Not What It Looks Like
By Greg Laurie
“Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.”
—John 12:3
It sounded so spiritual. Yet Judas said, “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” (John 12:5 NKJV).
What prompted this criticism from Judas was Mary’s act of devotion. Things clearly had been coming to a head in Jesus’s ministry. He’d had a number of confrontations with the religious leaders, and they wanted Him dead.
