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What does it mean to give everything to Jesus and not to be offended? This week Jamie looks at the story of the woman, Mary, who poured out a jar of expensive perfume over Jesus’ feet and the reactions of those who watched her do it. Mary came into Simon’s house and poured out the perfume over Jesus, wiping his feet with her hair. She was giving everything that she had as a sacrificial offering. Yet the men who were around Jesus reacted with offence. They were offended by her extravagance – her wholehearted act revealed the poverty and sin in their hearts. Are we hiding behind a false sense of propriety and a poverty mindset to justify our lack of being all in, holding back from giving God our all?