Here is a story about a woman who came to a meal without being invited. Hazrat Isa was there, and this is what happened. It is from the Blessed Injeel at Matthew 26:6-13
Hazrat Isa ( ع ) was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.
While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume and poured it over his head.
The disciples were indignant when they saw this. “What a waste!” they said. “It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”
But Hazrat Isa ( ع ), aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me?
“You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.
“She has poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial.
“I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”
What do you think about this story?
- Is there something you like in the story?
- Or something in it that doesn’t seem right?
- Does this story remind you of the way people sometimes behave?
- Maybe it starts you thinking about God.
- What does this story seem to suggest you do? (I think you know that God will bless you read the teaching of Hazrat Isa ( ع ) and obey and copy him.)