New Century Version A Woman Washes Jesus' Feet 36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, so Jesus went into the Pharisee's house and sat at the table. 37 A sinful woman in the town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house. So she brought an alabaster jar of perfume 38 and stood behind Jesus at his feet, crying.
Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany 1 Six days before i the Passover, j Jesus therefore came to Bethany, k where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. l Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.
3 m Mary therefore took a pound 1 of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his. By anointing Jesus' feet, Mary demonstrates humility and devotion, as feet were considered the dirtiest part of the body. This act prefigures Jesus' own washing of the disciples' feet, emphasizing servanthood and love.
When Mary anoints Jesus' feet and then wipes them with her hair, she foreshadows Jesus' actions at the upcoming Last Supper when the Lord washes the disciples' feet and teaches them how to love one another through sacrificial, humble service (John 13:1-20). References The Bible verses in question regarding this foot washing are found in the book of John, chapter 12. Let us look at the first few verses of this chapter to see what we can glean from them in order to answer your question.
The first verse of John 12 tells us that less than a week before Jesus' final Passover with his disciples he travels to the Bethany home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Women wash Jesus' feet in Bethany and in Galilee The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John tell the story of Mary of Bethany washing Jesus' feet. The Gospel of Luke, however, describes a separate event -in which an unnamed woman, described as a sinner, washes His feet with her tears.
Luke 7:38 "And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment." King James Version (KJV). Mary anoints Jesus' feet - Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Lazarus and his sisters hosted a dinner for him.
Martha served and Lazarus was among those who joined him at the table. Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, of very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She anointed Jesus.
Bible verses about Jesus Washes The FeetJohn 13:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me." John 11:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. Contemporary English Version He turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn't give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
English Revised Version And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest thou this.