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A pound of perfume worth a year’s wages hits the floor, and suddenly everyone has an opinion. Some call it waste. Jesus calls it worship, and he ties it to what’s coming next.

We’re in John chapter 12 with Pastor Carl, walking back into Bethany just days before Passover. Lazarus is alive, the dinner table is set, and Mary of Bethany does something unforgettable: she anoints Jesus with costly spikenard and wipes his feet with her hair. We talk through why this moment is not about religious spectacle, but about a heart that knows what Jesus has done and responds with gratitude, humility, and surrender.

Then we zoom out to the other gospel accounts and head into Luke 7, where a woman known for her sin weeps at Jesus’ feet while a Pharisee keeps his distance. Jesus answers with a story about two debtors and one freeing act of forgiveness, pressing the question of whether we admit our need for salvation or protect our pride with self-justification. Along the way, we contrast Mary’s devotion with Judas Iscariot’s “charity” objection, and we follow the story forward to opposition hardening, a plot against Lazarus, and the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday as prophecy is fulfilled and the Prince of Peace arrives.

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Come On Up is the radio ministry of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina. To learn more about us please visit: TheMountainCross.com.