My God and My Country

The Gospel According to Mark

Chapter 14:6-9

6 But Jesus said, Let her alone: Why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you always, and when ye will ye may do them good, but me ye shall not have always.
8 She hath done that she could: she came aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
9 Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done, shall be spoken of in remembrance of her. 
 
Brethren:
Most certainly it is commendable to do good to the poor, for so has God commanded. However, we should first and foremost seek to do well for our Savior and Lord Christ Jesus. With Him as the head in all our affairs, everything else falls into place. 
 
“Did Christ pour out his soul unto death for us, and shall we think any thing too precious for him? Do we give him the precious ointment of our best affections? Let us love him with all the heart, though it is common for zeal and affection to be misunderstood and blamed; and remember that charity to the poor will not excuse any from particular acts of piety to the Lord Jesus. Christ commended this woman's pious attention to the notice of believers in all ages. Those who honour Christ he will honour. Covetousness was Judas' master lust, and that betrayed him to the sin of betraying his Master; the devil suited his temptation to that, and so conquered him. And see what wicked contrivances many have in their sinful pursuits; but what appears to forward their plans, will prove curses in the end.”
Matthew Henry - Theologian