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B. The Other Women: the Bleeding Woman (5), the Syrophoenician (7), the Widow (12),
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the Healed (1,5:29,5:42), the Financial Supporters, the Attenders at His Cross (15)
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“WASTED OR BEAUTIFUL?”
Jesus Commending Another Woman in Mark’s Gospel
A. Chewing on the Story Thus Far & Biting into Another Markan Sandwich
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Joh 12:4-6 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, “Why was
this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” He said this, not because he
cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to
help himself to what was put into it.
2Co 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he
became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
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B. Jesus Elevating Love & Acts of Love to Himself Above All Others
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Mar 12:30-34 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” And the scribe said to him, “You are
right, Teacher....And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the
kingdom of God.”
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C. Jesus Stating His Gracious Measure of Our Service—”She Did What She Could”
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Mar 12:43-44 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow
has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out
of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
2Co 8:3-5 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their
own accord...and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the
will of God to us.
2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God
and not to us.
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The Anointing of Jesus by the Woman
A. The Woman’s Act & Intent in Anointing Jesus for Burial
B. The Offense of the Disciples Over a Wasted Fortune & Jesus’ Contrary View(!)
The Woman Receiving Praise, Glory, & Honor from Jesus
A. Jesus Defending & Commending a Believer; Faith Revealed by Love
1Pe 1:6-7 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved
by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that
perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
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