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What If Extravagant Love Is the Most Radical Thing You Can Offer? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  12:1
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  11
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  from
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  message
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  anointing
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  his
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  feet
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  six
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  days
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  before
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  Passover,
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  Jesus
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  entered
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  Bethany,
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  where
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  Lazarus,
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  raised
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  from
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  dead,
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  was
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  living.
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  Lazarus
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  and
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  his
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  sisters
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  invited
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  Jesus
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  to
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  dinner
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  at
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  their
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  home.
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  Martha
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  served
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  Lazarus
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  was
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  one
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  of
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  those
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  sitting
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  at
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  the
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  table
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  with
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  him.
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  Mary
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  came
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  in
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  with
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  a
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  jar
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  of
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  very
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  expensive
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  aromatic
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  oils
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  and
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  anointed
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  and
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  massaged
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  Jesus
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  feet
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  and
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  then
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  wiped
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  them
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  with
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  her
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  hair.
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  And
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  the
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  fragrance
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  of
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  the
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  oils
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  filled
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  the
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  room,
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  filled
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  the
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  house.
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  And
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  Judas
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  Iscariot
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  is
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  one
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  of
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  his
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  disciples,
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  even
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  then
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  getting
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  ready
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  to
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  betray
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  him,
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  said,
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  why?
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  Why
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  wasn't
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  this
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  oil
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  sold
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  and
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  the
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  money
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  given
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  to
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  the
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  poor?
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  He
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  would
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  have
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  easily
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  bought
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  300
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  silver
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  pieces.
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  And
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  he
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  said
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  this
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  is
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  not
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  because
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  he
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  cared
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  2
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  cents
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  about
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  the
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  poor,
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  because
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  he
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  was
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  a
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  thief.
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  He
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  was
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  in
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  charge
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  of
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  the
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  common
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  funds,
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  but
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  also
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  embezzled
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  them.
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  Jesus
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  said,
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  let
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  her
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  alone.
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  She's
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  anticipating
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  and
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  honoring,
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  honoring
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  the
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  day
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  of
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  my
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  burial.
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  You
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  always
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  have
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  the
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  poor
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  with
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  you.
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  You
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  don't
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  always
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  have
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  me.
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  And
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  word
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  got
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  out
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  among
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  the
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  Jews
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  that
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  he
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  was
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  back
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  in
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  town.
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  And
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  the
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  people
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  came
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  to
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  take
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  a
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  look
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  not
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  only
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  at
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  Jesus,
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  but
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  also
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  at
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  Lazarus,
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  who
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  had
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  been
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  raised
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  from
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  the
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  dead.
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  So
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  the
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  high
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  priest
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  plotted
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  to
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  kill
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  Lazarus
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  because
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  so
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  many
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  of
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  the
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  Jews
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  were
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  going
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  over
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  and
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  believing
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  in
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  Jesus
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  on
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  account
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  of
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  him.
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  Well,
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  my
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  friends,
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  that
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  ends
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  I
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  welcome
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  back
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  our
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  study
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  here
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  holy
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  week.
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  So
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  today's
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  passage,
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  most
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  sensory
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  rich
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  stories
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  in
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  Gospels.
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  practically
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  You
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  get
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  I'm
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  saying?
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  There's
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  a
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  dinner
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  party
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  going
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  on.
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  There's
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  expensive
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  perfume
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  and
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  there's
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  an
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  act
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  of
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  stunning
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  generosity.
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  And
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  there's
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  also
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  a
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  sharp
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  disagreement
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  about
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  whether
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  any
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  of
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  it
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  was
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  worth
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  it.
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  So
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  this
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  one
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  hits
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  differently
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  depending
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  on
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  where
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  you're
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  standing.
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  So
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  let's
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  lean
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  into
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  a
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  couple
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  points
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  to
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  ponder.
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  First,
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  Mary's
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  act
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  was
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  extravagant,
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  and
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  that's
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  the
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  whole
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  point.
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  300
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  pieces
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  of
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  silver,
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  worth
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  of
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  oil.
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  That's
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  roughly
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  a
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  year's
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  wages
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  for
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  a
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  working
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  person
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  in
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  that
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  era.
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  And
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  she
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  doesn't
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  just
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  dab
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  a
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  little
• 3:10
  behind
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  Jesus
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  ear.
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  She
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  pours
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  a
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  whole
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  jar,
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  massages
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  his
• 3:15
  feet,
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  and
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  wipes
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  them
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  with
• 3:16
  her
• 3:16
  own
• 3:17
  hair.
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  That's
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  lavish,
• 3:18
  that's
• 3:18
  intimate.
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  It's
• 3:19
  excessive
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  by
• 3:21
  any
• 3:21
  reasonable
• 3:22
  standard
• 3:22
  in
• 3:22
  that
• 3:22
  day
• 3:23
  and
• 3:23
  even
• 3:23
  in
• 3:23
  ours.
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  And
• 3:25
  Judas
• 3:25
  immediately
• 3:26
  tries
• 3:26
  to
• 3:26
  make
• 3:26
  it
• 3:27
  a
• 3:27
  budget
• 3:27
  conversation.
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  Now,
• 3:29
  here's
• 3:30
  what
• 3:30
  I
• 3:30
  think
• 3:30
  a
• 3:30
  progressive
• 3:31
  faith
• 3:32
  grabs
• 3:32
  hold
• 3:32
  of
• 3:33
  in
• 3:33
  this
• 3:33
  moment.
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  Sometimes
• 3:36
  love
• 3:36
  isn't
• 3:37
  efficient
• 3:37
  and
• 3:38
  it's
• 3:38
  not
• 3:38
  supposed
• 3:38
  to
• 3:38
  be.
• 3:39
  We
• 3:40
  live
• 3:40
  in
• 3:40
  a
• 3:40
  culture
• 3:40
  that
• 3:41
  often
• 3:41
  wants
• 3:41
  to
• 3:41
  optimize
• 3:42
  everything,
• 3:42
  monetize
• 3:43
  everything,
• 3:43
  calculate
• 3:44
  the
• 3:44
  return
• 3:45
  on
• 3:45
  every
• 3:45
  investment.
• 3:46
  And
• 3:46
  Judas
• 3:46
  sounds
• 3:47
  so
• 3:47
  reasonable
• 3:48
  on
• 3:49
  the
• 3:49
  surface.
• 3:49
  Shouldn't
• 3:50
  this
• 3:50
  money
• 3:50
  go
• 3:50
  to
• 3:50
  the
• 3:50
  poor?
• 3:51
  It's
• 3:52
  the
• 3:52
  kind
• 3:52
  of
• 3:52
  question
• 3:52
  that
• 3:52
  makes
• 3:52
  you
• 3:53
  kind
• 3:53
  of
• 3:53
  nod
• 3:53
  along
• 3:53
  until
• 3:53
  John
• 3:55
  kind
• 3:55
  of
• 3:55
  pulls
• 3:55
  back
• 3:55
  the
• 3:56
  curtain
• 3:56
  and
• 3:56
  shows
• 3:56
  us
• 3:56
  the
• 3:56
  real
• 3:57
  motive.
• 3:58
  Sometimes
• 3:58
  the
• 3:59
  people
• 3:59
  policing
• 4:00
  other
• 4:00
  people's
• 4:01
  generosity
• 4:01
  aren't
• 4:01
  exactly
• 4:02
  interested
• 4:02
  in
• 4:02
  injustice.
• 4:05
  We
• 4:05
  see
• 4:05
  that,
• 4:05
  don't
• 4:05
  we?
• 4:06
  They're
• 4:07
  interested
• 4:07
  in
• 4:07
  control
• 4:08
  and
• 4:09
  they're
• 4:09
  interested
• 4:09
  in
• 4:09
  that
• 4:10
  money.
• 4:11
  Mary
• 4:12
  understood
• 4:12
  something
• 4:12
  Jesus
• 4:13
  never
• 4:13
  would,
• 4:14
  that
• 4:15
  there
• 4:15
  are
• 4:15
  moments
• 4:15
  in
• 4:15
  life
• 4:16
  that
• 4:16
  demand
• 4:16
  everything
• 4:17
  you've
• 4:17
  got
• 4:18
  poured
• 4:18
  out
• 4:18
  without
• 4:18
  calculation.
• 4:21
  So,
• 4:21
  for
• 4:21
  instance,
• 4:21
  when
• 4:21
  my
• 4:22
  granddaughters
• 4:22
  run
• 4:22
  toward
• 4:23
  me
• 4:23
  with
• 4:23
  their
• 4:23
  eyes
• 4:23
  wide
• 4:24
  open,
• 4:24
  just
• 4:25
  greet
• 4:25
  me,
• 4:25
  and
• 4:26
  they're
• 4:26
  not
• 4:26
  measuring
• 4:27
  the
• 4:28
  appropriate
• 4:28
  amount
• 4:29
  of
• 4:29
  enthusiasm,
• 4:30
  they
• 4:30
  don't
• 4:30
  give
• 4:31
  me,
• 4:31
  okay,
• 4:31
  that'll
• 4:31
  be
• 4:32
  one
• 4:32
  giggle
• 4:32
  and
• 4:32
  two
• 4:32
  squeezes.
• 4:33
  No,
• 4:35
  there's
• 4:35
  a
• 4:35
  merry
• 4:36
  energy
• 4:36
  to
• 4:36
  what
• 4:36
  they
• 4:36
  do.
• 4:36
  And
• 4:37
  Jesus
• 4:37
  says,
• 4:37
  let
• 4:38
  her
• 4:38
  alone.
• 4:39
  Don't
• 4:39
  manage
• 4:39
  this.
• 4:40
  Don't
• 4:40
  budget
• 4:40
  this.
• 4:41
  Let
• 4:41
  love
• 4:43
  be
• 4:43
  unreasonable.
• 4:45
  That's
• 4:45
  a
• 4:45
  point
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  ponder,
• 4:46
  isn't
• 4:46
  it?
• 4:47
  Love
• 4:47
  to
• 4:47
  be
• 4:47
  unreasonable.
• 4:49
  Second
• 4:49
  point
• 4:49
  to
• 4:49
  ponder.
• 4:50
  Look
• 4:50
  at
• 4:51
  what
• 4:51
  happens
• 4:51
  to
• 4:51
  Lazarus
• 4:52
  at
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  end
• 4:52
  of
• 4:52
  this
• 4:53
  passage.
• 4:54
  The
• 4:54
  high
• 4:55
  priests
• 4:55
  plot
• 4:55
  to
• 4:55
  kill
• 4:56
  him,
• 4:57
  not
• 4:57
  because
• 4:58
  he
• 4:58
  did
• 4:58
  anything
• 4:58
  wrong,
• 4:59
  but
• 4:59
  because
• 4:59
  of
• 4:59
  his
• 4:59
  very
• 5:00
  existence.
• 5:01
  He
• 5:02
  was
• 5:02
  the
• 5:02
  guy
• 5:02
  raised
• 5:03
  from
• 5:03
  the
• 5:03
  dead.
• 5:03
  Sitting
• 5:04
  at
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  table,
• 5:04
  living
• 5:05
  his
• 5:05
  living
• 5:06
  and
• 5:06
  breathing
• 5:06
  existence
• 5:07
  was
• 5:07
  causing
• 5:08
  people
• 5:08
  to
• 5:08
  believe
• 5:08
  in
• 5:09
  Jesus.
• 5:10
  His
• 5:10
  life
• 5:11
  was
• 5:11
  the
• 5:11
  sermon.
• 5:12
  He
• 5:12
  didn't
• 5:13
  preach.
• 5:13
  He
• 5:13
  didn't
• 5:13
  argue
• 5:14
  theology.
• 5:15
  He
• 5:15
  just
• 5:16
  showed
• 5:16
  up
• 5:16
  alive.
• 5:17
  And
• 5:17
  that
• 5:17
  was
• 5:18
  threatening
• 5:18
  enough
• 5:19
  that
• 5:19
  the
• 5:20
  powerful
• 5:20
  people
• 5:20
  wanted
• 5:21
  him
• 5:21
  dead.
• 5:22
  Progressive
• 5:22
  Christianity
• 5:23
  pays
• 5:23
  attention
• 5:24
  to
• 5:24
  this
• 5:24
  pattern
• 5:25
  because
• 5:26
  it
• 5:26
  still
• 5:26
  happens
• 5:27
  right
• 5:27
  now.
• 5:28
  And
• 5:28
  you
• 5:28
  know
• 5:28
  what
• 5:29
  I'm
• 5:29
  talking
• 5:29
  about.
• 5:30
  When
• 5:30
  Someone's
• 5:31
  transformed
• 5:32
  life
• 5:32
  challenges
• 5:32
  the
• 5:33
  systems
• 5:33
  that
• 5:33
  benefit
• 5:34
  from
• 5:34
  keeping
• 5:35
  people
• 5:35
  hopeless
• 5:36
  or
• 5:36
  silent
• 5:37
  or
• 5:38
  dead
• 5:38
  inside.
• 5:39
  Those
• 5:39
  systems
• 5:40
  push
• 5:40
  back
• 5:40
  hard.
• 5:41
  The
• 5:41
  powers
• 5:42
  that
• 5:42
  be
• 5:42
  don't
• 5:42
  just
• 5:42
  go
• 5:42
  after
• 5:43
  the
• 5:43
  message.
• 5:44
  They
• 5:44
  go
• 5:44
  after
• 5:44
  the
• 5:45
  messenger,
• 5:45
  or
• 5:45
  the
• 5:46
  living
• 5:46
  proof,
• 5:46
  as
• 5:46
  it
• 5:46
  were.
• 5:48
  On
• 5:48
  my
• 5:48
  cancer
• 5:49
  podcast,
• 5:49
  I
• 5:49
  talk
• 5:49
  with
• 5:50
  survivors
• 5:50
  all
• 5:50
  the
• 5:50
  time,
• 5:50
  whose
• 5:51
  very
• 5:51
  presence
• 5:52
  in
• 5:52
  the
• 5:52
  room
• 5:52
  changes
• 5:53
  the
• 5:53
  atmosphere
• 5:54
  they
• 5:54
  walk
• 5:54
  in.
• 5:55
  People
• 5:55
  think,
• 5:55
  hey,
• 5:56
  if
• 5:56
  they
• 5:56
  made
• 5:56
  it
• 5:56
  through
• 5:56
  that,
• 5:57
  maybe
• 5:57
  I
• 5:57
  can
• 5:57
  too.
• 5:58
  And
• 5:59
  a
• 5:59
  resurrection
• 5:59
  story
• 5:59
  is
• 6:00
  the
• 6:00
  most
• 6:00
  dangerous
• 6:01
  thing
• 6:01
  in
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  world
• 6:02
  to
• 6:02
  any
• 6:02
  system
• 6:03
  that
• 6:03
  profits
• 6:04
  from
• 6:05
  despair
• 6:06
  and
• 6:06
  from
• 6:06
  others.
• 6:07
  Lazarus
• 6:08
  didn't
• 6:08
  have
• 6:08
  to
• 6:08
  say
• 6:09
  a
• 6:09
  word.
• 6:10
  He
• 6:10
  just
• 6:10
  had
• 6:10
  to
• 6:10
  keep
• 6:11
  showing
• 6:11
  up
• 6:11
  alive
• 6:13
  and
• 6:13
  notice
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  dinner
• 6:14
  scene
• 6:14
  itself.
• 6:15
  Martha
• 6:15
  serves,
• 6:16
  Lazarus
• 6:17
  sits
• 6:17
  at
• 6:17
  the
• 6:17
  table.
• 6:17
  Mary
• 6:18
  anoints
• 6:19
  three
• 6:19
  different
• 6:20
  people,
• 6:20
  three
• 6:21
  different
• 6:21
  expressions
• 6:21
  of
• 6:22
  love,
• 6:23
  and
• 6:23
  Jesus
• 6:23
  receives
• 6:24
  all
• 6:24
  of
• 6:24
  them.
• 6:25
  There's
• 6:25
  no
• 6:25
  competition
• 6:26
  here.
• 6:26
  There's
• 6:27
  no
• 6:27
  ranking.
• 6:28
  Martha's
• 6:28
  service
• 6:29
  is
• 6:29
  no
• 6:29
  less
• 6:29
  than
• 6:29
  Mary's,
• 6:31
  isn't
• 6:31
  any
• 6:31
  lesser
• 6:31
  than
• 6:32
  Mary's
• 6:32
  anointing.
• 6:33
  And
• 6:33
  Lazarus
• 6:34
  just
• 6:34
  being
• 6:34
  there
• 6:34
  alive
• 6:35
  is
• 6:35
  his
• 6:35
  own
• 6:35
  gift.
• 6:37
  So
• 6:37
  when
• 6:37
  my
• 6:37
  wife
• 6:37
  and
• 6:37
  I
• 6:38
  travel
• 6:38
  and
• 6:38
  hike
• 6:38
  through
• 6:38
  wooded
• 6:39
  parks,
• 6:40
  we've
• 6:40
  learned
• 6:40
  that
• 6:41
  we
• 6:41
  can
• 6:41
  enjoy
• 6:41
  the
• 6:41
  trail
• 6:42
  differently.
• 6:43
  She
• 6:43
  notices
• 6:44
  things
• 6:45
  like
• 6:45
  flowers
• 6:46
  and
• 6:46
  so
• 6:46
  on.
• 6:46
  I
• 6:46
  notice
• 6:47
  kind
• 6:47
  of
• 6:47
  the
• 6:47
  overlooks
• 6:47
  there's
• 6:48
  different
• 6:48
  things
• 6:48
  we
• 6:48
  notice.
• 6:49
  Either
• 6:50
  way
• 6:50
  is
• 6:50
  wrong.
• 6:50
  We
• 6:50
  just
• 6:51
  bring
• 6:51
  different
• 6:51
  gifts
• 6:52
  to
• 6:52
  the
• 6:52
  same
• 6:52
  table.
• 6:54
  This
• 6:54
  dinner
• 6:55
  table
• 6:55
  and
• 6:55
  Bethany
• 6:56
  hold
• 6:56
  space
• 6:57
  for
• 6:57
  all
• 6:58
  of
• 6:58
  it
• 6:58
  and
• 6:58
  for
• 6:58
  all
• 6:59
  of
• 6:59
  us.
• 7:00
  And
• 7:00
  that
• 7:00
  fragrance,
• 7:02
  I
• 7:02
  want
• 7:02
  you
• 7:03
  to
• 7:03
  imagine
• 7:03
  the
• 7:03
  fragrance
• 7:04
  which
• 7:04
  filled
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  whole
• 7:04
  house.
• 7:06
  I
• 7:06
  love
• 7:06
  that
• 7:06
  detail,
• 7:07
  and
• 7:07
  I
• 7:07
  like
• 7:08
  for
• 7:08
  you
• 7:08
  to
• 7:08
  put
• 7:08
  in
• 7:08
  your
• 7:08
  mind's
• 7:09
  eye.
• 7:10
  Think
• 7:10
  of
• 7:10
  a
• 7:11
  time
• 7:11
  when
• 7:11
  you've
• 7:11
  had
• 7:11
  a
• 7:11
  good
• 7:12
  fragrance
• 7:12
  fill
• 7:12
  a
• 7:12
  house,
• 7:13
  maybe
• 7:13
  baking
• 7:14
  bread
• 7:15
  or
• 7:15
  flowers.
• 7:16
  When
• 7:16
  love
• 7:17
  is
• 7:17
  poured
• 7:17
  out
• 7:17
  extravagantly,
• 7:18
  it
• 7:18
  doesn't
• 7:18
  stay
• 7:19
  contained.
• 7:20
  Everybody
• 7:20
  in
• 7:21
  the
• 7:21
  room
• 7:21
  is
• 7:21
  touched
• 7:21
  by
• 7:21
  it.
• 7:22
  You
• 7:22
  can't
• 7:23
  pour
• 7:23
  out
• 7:23
  something
• 7:24
  that
• 7:24
  generous
• 7:24
  and
• 7:24
  keep
• 7:25
  it
• 7:25
  private.
• 7:26
  It
• 7:26
  spills
• 7:26
  out.
• 7:26
  The
• 7:27
  aroma
• 7:27
  goes
• 7:29
  everywhere.
• 7:31
  So
• 7:31
  here's
• 7:31
  your
• 7:32
  action
• 7:32
  step
• 7:33
  for
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
  day.
• 7:34
  Do
• 7:34
  something
• 7:34
  extravagant
• 7:35
  for
• 7:36
  somebody.
• 7:37
  Don't
• 7:37
  calculate
• 7:38
  whether
• 7:38
  it's
• 7:38
  efficient
• 7:38
  or
• 7:39
  proportional.
• 7:40
  Write
• 7:40
  a
• 7:40
  letter
• 7:40
  that's
• 7:41
  longer
• 7:41
  than
• 7:41
  it
• 7:41
  needs
• 7:41
  to
• 7:41
  be.
• 7:42
  Give
• 7:42
  a
• 7:42
  tip
• 7:43
  at
• 7:43
  a
• 7:43
  restaurant
• 7:43
  that
• 7:44
  may
• 7:44
  be
• 7:44
  double
• 7:44
  what
• 7:44
  you
• 7:45
  normally
• 7:45
  do.
• 7:46
  If
• 7:46
  you
• 7:46
  give
• 7:47
  some
• 7:47
  money
• 7:47
  to
• 7:47
  a
• 7:47
  homeless
• 7:48
  person
• 7:48
  on
• 7:48
  the
• 7:48
  street,
• 7:50
  spend
• 7:50
  an
• 7:50
  hour
• 7:51
  with
• 7:51
  someone
• 7:52
  when
• 7:52
  15
• 7:52
  minutes
• 7:52
  would
• 7:52
  been
• 7:53
  good
• 7:53
  enough,
• 7:54
  pour
• 7:55
  it
• 7:55
  out
• 7:55
  and
• 7:55
  don't
• 7:55
  apologize
• 7:56
  for
• 7:56
  the
• 7:56
  excess,
• 7:57
  because
• 7:58
  the
• 7:58
  fragrance
• 7:58
  of
• 7:58
  that
• 7:58
  kind
• 7:59
  of
• 7:59
  love
• 7:59
  doesn't
• 7:59
  stay
• 7:59
  in
• 7:59
  one
• 8:00
  room.
• 8:01
  It
• 8:01
  fills
• 8:01
  the
• 8:01
  whole
• 8:02
  house.
• 8:03
  Let's
• 8:04
  pray.
• 8:04
  Before
• 8:05
  we
• 8:05
  do,
• 8:05
  I
• 8:05
  want
• 8:05
  to
• 8:06
  remind
• 8:06
  you
• 8:06
  that
• 8:07
  we
• 8:07
  do
• 8:07
  have
• 8:07
  our
• 8:07
  gift
• 8:07
  for
• 8:08
  you,
• 8:08
  which
• 8:08
  is
• 8:09
  the
• 8:09
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• 8:09
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• 8:10
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• 8:12
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• 8:13
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• 8:13
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• 8:13
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• 8:15
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• 8:17
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• 8:17
  pray
• 8:18
  God
• 8:18
  we
• 8:19
  confess
• 8:19
  that
• 8:19
  we're
• 8:19
  often
• 8:21
  more
• 8:21
  Judas
• 8:22
  than
• 8:22
  Mary
• 8:22
  at
• 8:23
  the
• 8:23
  table.
• 8:24
  We
• 8:24
  calculate,
• 8:26
  we
• 8:26
  budget
• 8:27
  our
• 8:27
  love.
• 8:28
  We
• 8:29
  question
• 8:29
  whether
• 8:29
  someone
• 8:29
  else's
• 8:30
  generosity
• 8:30
  is
• 8:30
  practical
• 8:31
  enough,
• 8:32
  appropriate
• 8:32
  love,
• 8:33
  reasonable
• 8:33
  enough,
• 8:34
  and
• 8:34
  forgive
• 8:35
  us
• 8:35
  for
• 8:35
  that.
• 8:37
  Teach
• 8:37
  us
• 8:37
  to
• 8:37
  pour
• 8:38
  and
• 8:38
  not
• 8:38
  measure.
• 8:39
  Teach
• 8:40
  us
• 8:40
  to
• 8:40
  show
• 8:40
  up
• 8:40
  with
• 8:40
  everything
• 8:41
  we
• 8:41
  have
• 8:41
  and
• 8:41
  let
• 8:41
  the
• 8:42
  fragrance
• 8:42
  go
• 8:42
  where
• 8:42
  it
• 8:42
  goes.
• 8:44
  And
• 8:44
  God,
• 8:44
  for
• 8:44
  those
• 8:44
  who
• 8:44
  feel
• 8:45
  a
• 8:45
  little
• 8:45
  bit
• 8:45
  like
• 8:45
  Lazarus
• 8:46
  today,
• 8:46
  raised
• 8:46
  from
• 8:46
  something
• 8:47
  hard,
• 8:47
  just
• 8:48
  trying
• 8:48
  to
• 8:48
  sit
• 8:48
  at
• 8:48
  the
• 8:48
  table
• 8:49
  and
• 8:49
  be
• 8:49
  alive
• 8:49
  again,
• 8:50
  remind
• 8:51
  us
• 8:51
  that
• 8:51
  our
• 8:51
  presence
• 8:52
  matters,
• 8:53
  that
• 8:53
  just
• 8:53
  showing
• 8:53
  up,
• 8:54
  breathing,
• 8:54
  existing
• 8:55
  after
• 8:55
  what
• 8:55
  we've
• 8:55
  been
• 8:55
  through
• 8:56
  is
• 8:56
  its
• 8:56
  own
• 8:57
  kind
• 8:57
  of
• 8:57
  a
• 8:57
  sermon.
• 8:59
  Protect
• 8:59
  us
• 8:59
  from
• 8:59
  systems
• 9:00
  that
• 9:00
  would
• 9:00
  silence
• 9:01
  our
• 9:01
  story,
• 9:02
  silence
• 9:03
  our
• 9:03
  aliveness
• 9:03
  and
• 9:04
  fill
• 9:04
  our
• 9:04
  houses
• 9:04
  today,
• 9:04
  God
• 9:05
  fill
• 9:05
  them
• 9:06
  with
• 9:06
  a
• 9:06
  kind
• 9:06
  of
• 9:06
  reckless,
• 9:07
  beautiful,
• 9:07
  over
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  top,
• 9:08
  extravagant,
• 9:09
  fragrant
• 9:10
  love
• 9:10
  that
• 9:10
  Mary
• 9:10
  brought
• 9:10
  to
• 9:11
  that
• 9:11
  dinner.
• 9:12
  The
• 9:12
  kind
• 9:12
  that
• 9:12
  makes
• 9:12
  no
• 9:13
  financial
• 9:13
  sense
• 9:14
  in
• 9:14
  all
• 9:15
  the
• 9:15
  spiritual
• 9:15
  sense
• 9:15
  in
• 9:15
  the
• 9:16
  world.
• 9:16
  We
• 9:16
  want
• 9:17
  to
• 9:17
  be
• 9:17
  that
• 9:17
  generous.
• 9:18
  Help
• 9:18
  us.
• 9:19
  Amen.
• 9:25
  My
• 9:25
  friend,
• 9:25
  I
• 9:26
  am
• 9:26
  delighted
• 9:27
  you
• 9:27
  chose
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  join
• 9:28
  me
• 9:28
  for
• 9:28
  today's
• 9:29
  reading.
• 9:30
  The
• 9:30
  Daily
• 9:31
  Bible
• 9:31
  Refresh
• 9:32
  is
• 9:32
  completely
• 9:33
  listener
• 9:34
  supported.
• 9:35
  Your
• 9:36
  gift
• 9:36
  goes
• 9:37
  a
• 9:37
  long
• 9:37
  way
• 9:37
  to
• 9:37
  getting
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  audible
• 9:38
  word
• 9:39
  of
• 9:39
  God
• 9:40
  from
• 9:40
  a
• 9:40
  progressive
• 9:41
  perspective
• 9:42
  into
• 9:42
  2
• 9:42
  million
• 9:42
  years,
• 9:43
  a
• 9:43
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