Let Her Be and Don’t Give Her Trouble
The party was at Simon’s. Whether he had Leprosy or was HIV+, doesn’t really matter, does it? He had a nasty skin condition. There was a lot of room at his place. One evening, Jesus was reclining after dinner, as was the custom, back in the day. People would be talking, snacking and drinking. A woman came in, and she came close to Jesus, and broke open, a very expensive alabaster bottle, of Nard. She poured the oil, on his head, and massaged him.
Others remember that she rubbed his feet, with nard, and with her tears too. She even used her hair to wash his feet. This caused a bit of a scene, and soon the bottle was empty, it had all been used on him, and wasn’t passed around.
Well the Talk started, about how that bottle would have fetched a fortune at the Market, and they could have used it to help others. Some of the disciples must have told her to get out, and were gonna show her who was in charge. But Jesus said, “Let her be, and don’t give her any trouble. Her work moved me deeply. Don’t worry though,there will still be plenty of poor people to help after I’ve gone under. Yet, everywhere the Evangilists go, so will the actions of this woman, be remembered.”
It was after this, that Judas sought the Authorities. He was their Treasurer.
From the Gospel of Mark
This was translated from Greek by R.A. Hull, with Thanks to Kurt Vonnegut for the close look at the verse regarding the poor, always being here, as a witty reply and reminder to Judas and friends. He did a sermon on the verse in the book Palm Sunday. It inspired me to consider careful re-examination of the Scriptures. I have read the Bible in English since 1979. I began fumbling with a Greek Interlinear translation around 1998. I mostly read the Gospels, though like to check words throughout. I think scripture was used as curriculum, and was used to teach reading and writing for thousands of years, to millions of people.
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Hey Rog,
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted. I continue to read your blog but I haven’t felt like writing anything, anywhere for a long time. Even emails, other than at work, seem to be a chore. It’s partly due to all the change that’s taken place in the past few months. But mostly I think it’s that March and April are such dark times for us, even after 4 years. Now that we are somewhat settled in we need to get together. Please come by and rap one day soon.