The Gospel of Mark
Week 7: Anointed (Mark 13-14)
July 24th & 25th, 2021

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Mark 14:1-11

Story of

Looking to

during

Reveal Answer

Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. —Mark 14:1 (NIV)

The

host

While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper… —Mark 14:3 (NIV)

The “

” anointing

A woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? —Mark 14:3-4 (NIV)

Why is there so much

?

It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. —Mark 14:5 (NIV)

The difference of an

of

Reveal Answer

and a

Reveal Answer

of

Reveal Answer

“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. —Mark 11:20-21 (NIV)

Go ahead and

the

Reveal Answer

She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head… She did what she could.
—Mark 14:3, 8 (NIV)

We end up

something

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. —Mark 14:10-11 (NIV)

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Notes:

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Discussion Questions:

1 – What areas of life do you see things that don’t seem to fit what they are trying to accomplish?

2 – In what ways do methods of celebrations connect or distract from what is being celebrated?

3 – When you initially read this story do you connect more with the woman or the people questioning the extravagance?

4 – How can we be sure to express our adoration of Jesus while also living a lifestyle of worship? Do you practice both?