A Tale of Two Attitudes Two days before Passover, a dinner was given for Jesus at Simon the Leper’s home. A woman approached Jesus with a flask full of nard ointment and she poured it on His head. The disciples were offended because the ointment could have been sold and the money given to the poor. Jesus told them she did a beautiful thing. He also told them they could help the poor at any time, but they wouldn’t always have Him with them (Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9). (NOTE: each Gospel tells a story of a woman anointing Jesus. The Gospels of Matthew and Mark tell the same story. The…