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Zonderkids presents
the Jesus storybook bible
every story whispers his name
written by Sally lloyd Jones
read by David section
washed with tears
one night Jesus went to dinner
at an important leaders house the important leader
invited his important friends they were all just sitting down to eat
when a woman walked in she was not invited
everyone knew who she was who does she think she is
the guests whispered how dare she the woman was a big sinner
and everyone knew it my it was easy to see
after all she'd broken the rules and done bad things
the woman walked straight up to Jesus she was carrying
very expensive perfume now to think about perfume back then
was that they didn't come in bottles it came in jar's
and the jars were made out of precious stone like alabaster
but here's the catch: the jar didn't have a lid or a stopper or anything
to the only way you got the perfume out was if you broke
the jar and once you break the jar that was it
you had no more, most people didn't use perfume
because it was too precious they just kept it on a shelf
and looked at it so you see this perfume
was her most precious thing in all the world
it was her treasure the woman knelt down before Jesus
like he was a King she held
Jesus feet in her hands and started to cry
her tears fell onto Jesus feet
washing them she kissed his feet and dried them with her long dark hair
and then she did something strange
she broke the jar and poured the perfume
all over his feet everyone
gasped what a waste over someone's
feet such expensive perfume
it smelled like lilies in a Summer field
Jesus look at the woman and he smiled at her
what she had done was the most wonderful thing
Just as Samuel had anointed David, God's true king
all those years before so this woman
had anointed Jesus not with the oil
but with her tears the important people
were cross they thought Jesus should not be kind to this woman
that woman is a sinner they grumbled where the good ones
and it's true they did look good
from the outside after all they were keeping all the rules
but Jesus could see inside people
and inside in their hearts Jesus or
that they did not love God or other people
they were running away from God they thought they didn't need a rescuer
they thought they were good enough because they kept the rules
but sin and stopped their hearts from working properly
and their hearts were hard and cold this woman
knows she's a sinner Jesus told them
she knows she'll never be good enough she knows
she needs me to rescue her that's why she loves me so much
you look down on this woman because you don't look up to God
she is sinful on the outside
but you are sinful
on the inside the important people
shook with anger Jesus
turned to the woman and smiled, your sins are forgiven
he said you truste me
and God has rescued
you, who
does Jesus think he is the important people whispered
only God can forgive sins
they didn't believe Jesus was God's Son
the more Jesus loved people and helped them
the more the important people and leaders hated him
they were afraid people would follow Jesus instead of them
they were jealous and angry... angry enough
to kill Jesus