How much is Jesus worth?
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While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.
When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.
“This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”
Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me.
You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.
By pouring this perfume on my body, she has prepared me for burial.
Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.
And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.
In John chapter 12 we find out that the woman was Mary, sister of Lazarus, and that the bottle was full of Nard. (April 7 Road to Calvary)
The Saviour God wants us to know is
Worthy of everything we have to give
Can not be manipulated by our actions
What are you willing to give up in worship or service to Jesus?
How have you been trying to manipulate Jesus?
In what area of your life do you need to say “yes” to Jesus?
But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,