DNA — Empty the Jar

In Luke 7, an uninvited woman of the town crashes a Pharisee's dinner, weeping at Jesus' feet, drying them with her hair, and pouring out an alabaster jar of costly perfume. Simon recoils; Jesus receives her. Through the shortest of parables, Jesus draws the principle: those forgiven much love much. Simon could see everyone's sin but his own and so retreated from sinners, while Jesus invited them into a relationship that offered forgiveness. The teaching reframes worship as emptying the jar, pouring our whole existence, relationships, finances, dreams, into Jesus and his kingdom. It closes with a warning not to become Simon, whose self-righteousness made him forget what it is to be lost.