Jesus & Mary Magdalene:

A Most Fragrant Worship

Speaker: Pastor Johnny Cheung

Scripture: Mark 14:3-9

3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.

—Mark 14:3-9

The Worship of Lord Jesus

3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

—Mark 14:3

Who was Jesus to Mary?

a. Rabbi?

b. Loved One?

c. Miracle Worker?

The Worth of the Offering

4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me… 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

—Mark 14:4-6, 8

The World will Remember

9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.

—Mark 14:9