Mark 14:6
But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
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- Job 42:7-8 : 7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has. 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
- Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the LORD will do for his servants– I will vindicate them,” says the LORD.
- Matt 26:10 : 10 When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
- John 10:32-33 : 32 Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”
- Acts 9:36 : 36 Peter Raises Dorcas Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha(which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.
- 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.
- 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.
- Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.
- Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
- 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.
- 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress– as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.
- 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.
- 2 Tim 2:21 : 21 So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
- 2 Tim 3:17 : 17 that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
- Titus 2:7 : 7 showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
- Titus 3:8 : 8 Summary of the Letter This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
- Titus 3:14 : 14 Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
- Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,
- Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
- 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
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- Matt 26:6-138 verses90%
6 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste?
9 It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
10 When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
12 When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
13 I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- John 12:5-84 verses86%
5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
6 (Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)
7 So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
- Mark 14:2-54 verses82%
2 For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
3 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.
4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?
5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
- Mark 14:7-93 verses80%
7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- Luke 10:39-424 verses74%
39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.
40 But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”
41 But the Lord answered her,“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things,
42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
- Luke 7:44-485 verses74%
44 Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45 You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.
46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”
48 Then Jesus said to her,“Your sins are forgiven.”
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3 Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair.(Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)
- Luke 7:37-393 verses72%
37 Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.
38 As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.
39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,“If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
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2 (Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
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13 They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”
14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”
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4 Jesus replied,“Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”
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3 He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”
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11 She replied,“No one, Lord.” And Jesus said,“I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”]]
- Mark 12:43-442 verses69%
43 He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
44 For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
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1 Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
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33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.
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52 Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”
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13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her,“Do not weep.”
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25 But she came and bowed down before him and said,“Lord, help me!”
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23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
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50 He said to the woman,“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
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31 Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.