Judges 9:1-10:5; Isaiah 30:1-33; 1 Corinthians 9:1-23
The house was filled with the odour of the ointment. John 12:3
When Mary took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, she was in a physical posture of worship (literally “to bow to the ground” see Gen. 18:2). In anointing His feet with her very costly spikenard and wiping it with her hair she was laying her glory, her long hair, (1 Cor. 11:15) at the feet of Jesus and worshipping Him. No wonder the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume (John 12:3). Can you make fragrant the house of God with your worship unto the Lord today? —K.C. Ung
When Mary poured a rich perfume,
On Jesus’ weary feet,
Her caring filled that humble room;
The fragrance there was sweet. —C. W. Gillette