Mr Simon, a Pharisee, invited Jesus to eat in his house, and He obliged. Then a woman came to the house and began washing the feet of Jesus and kissed them, and this same Pharisee was saying in his heart that the woman was a sinner and that Jesus wouldn’t have allowed that if he were a prophet. A Pharisee calling someone else a sinner. That thought necessitated a subtle rebuke from Christ.
You were accorded a privilege that others didn’t get, yet you complain about someone else getting such a privilege. You don’t want a fellow sinner, for whom Jesus came, to savour of the same mercy you assumedly desire.
I think that certain people just want Jesus for themselves while excluding everyone else. They want him to be their personal property so they can talk from the height of their ‘knowledge’ of Christ.
To these people, access is an important currency they can always flaunt. “Do you know Jesus visited my house the other day?” I entertained him with some aragosta and fresh-pressed juice. He shook my hands and gave me his private number. I mean, I have a direct line that I could use to reach him anytime, any day, anywhere. I think there are only three apostles that have that number.”
So are certain people today, who gatekeep access and trade in influence for personal gains. Had they been Mary and Joseph, no one would come near Jesus without passing through them – not without dropping some quid.
I wonder what would have been the fate of the poor, condemned and rejected in the society of that day. No wonder there were other virgins in Israel, but Mary was the chosen one.
Read the full episode in Luke 7:36-48.
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