A struggling little boy hands his teacher a Christmas gift wrapped in a paper bag—a broken bracelet and a half-empty bottle of perfume. She puts both on anyway. Stephen Davey tells that story alongside Mary's, the woman who breaks open a bottle of perfume worth a year's wages and pours it on Jesus' feet, while Judas grumbles about the waste. Jesus shuts the criticism down fast. Davey unpacks what that perfume actually meant—and why, two thousand years later, we can still practically smell it. What's your alabaster jar? This one might sting a little.
Unforgettable Acts of Love
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