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lilitalienboi16:
Anyone have any insight on this matter, someone asked this and i couldn't figure out how to respond.

Christianity Portrays Jesus Reasoning to be Unjust:Matthew 26:6-13: 6. “Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7. a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head, as he sat at table. 8. But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9. For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor.” 10. But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 12. In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. 13. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”Jesus is on record as preferring kindness to himself, in place of the poor. His reasoning is that he will not always be around. Therefore one must prefer to share oil with Jesus than using the monetary value of that oil to support the needy.

This persong ot me thinking, and now i'm curiouse lol, Why did Jesus tell them this? Is there more then meets the eye here?

Ok well thx for any responces,

Alex

EDIT: At the request of others, here is MARKS ACCOUNT of this;

Mark 14:3-9
   

 3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

 4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

 5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

 6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

 7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

 8She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

 9Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

This was all i could find. Thoughts?

I'm praying for answers and understanding i don't deserve, i don't want to see it the carnal way but right now its all i see, 'SELFISH JESUS CRYS THE BEAST', grrr i don't like the beast ><

UncleBeau:
I'll quote this one..."Therefore one must prefer to share oil with Jesus than using the monetary value of that oil to support the needy."....Hold on a minute...Didn't Jesus say:"In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial"? Well, there's her reason why, isn't it? Did the scripture say that she "must" prefer it? The Disciples looked at WHAT she did without considering WHY. What I'm getting at is that's a very BIG assumption to assume that His burial was more important than the poor in all cases for all times. Was he not buried ONCE? Try looking up any other accounts in the other gospels and see if this one leaves anything out.

your friend,
-Beau

rk12201960:
Hi Alex,
This is how I see it.
Jesus always feed the hungry healed the sick and gave most of his time to everyone but himself.
this being understood we have to think along those lines as it where.

I truly believe Jesus was defending her display of love towards him. Why?
He said that she was preparing hm for burial therefor she had to understand what Jesus was about to suffer. as I think at that time the others didn't have a clue as to what she understood.

I think this was a pure act of love for Christ and that's what He was defending, not himself.

Randy

musicman:
I have wondered this my-self.  Jesus teaches selflessness and yet He almost appears selfish here.  However, I think He is critical of the deciples for not recognizing who He is.  He could have said, I'm the Son of God.  I can feed the poor whenever I want.  Recognize me for who I am.

lilitalienboi16:

--- Quote from: Randy on July 11, 2007, 04:31:37 PM ---Hi Alex,
This is how I see it.
Jesus always feed the hungry healed the sick and gave most of his time to everyone but himself.
this being understood we have to think along those lines as it where.

I truly believe Jesus was defending her display of love towards him. Why?
He said that she was preparing hm for burial therefor she had to understand what Jesus was about to suffer. as I think at that time the disciples didn't have a clue as to what she understood.

I think this was a pure act of love for Christ and that's what He was defending, not himself.

Randy


--- End quote ---

Hmm randy, ty for that imput that does bring something new to think about.

Jesus was defending the act of love, not Himself above the poor. Okay i can see that.

To beau; ill try and look up a passage that perhaps is similar to this in the other gospels to see what if anything was left out.

Ty all of you for your answers, and yes if we do not have the right mind, the mind of Christ, it does almost certainly appear to the carnal mind that Christ si bieng VERY SELFISH. That is the BEAST in me who sees t his, but what says the saint in me? Unfortunately i have not been given understanding on this passage yet, but if we keep digging, i'm su re we can go somewhere here that would lead us closer to the truth.

Anyone else have any imput? Does anyone know if ray touches on this specific s cripture at all?

God bless,

Alex

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