Mary of Bethany -- SIX Inspired Version

 

Yesterday I had the chance to see the musical SIX which is a rock concert based on the 6 wives of Henry The 8th. Part of the point in the end was to think about these women as women outside of their marriages to Henry The 8th. 

Since this is Holy week I thought it would be fun to give some of the women of this week there own SIX musical treatment and look at who they were or might have been (since so many women in the bible do not get fully developed backstories) outside of there brief encounters with Jesus. 

The first women who is up is Mary of Bethany.

I am the woman with the alabaster jar of very expensive perfume
While I am mentioned in all 4 gospels only John gives me a name
Luke even called me a sinner because I was an independent woman
It was hard being a women on her own in Judah at that time, so hard
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?

Do you want to know the history of that jar of perfume my dear?
That was a jar that had been passed down from times long ago
Passed from great grandmother to grandmother to mother to me
It was said my great grandmother saved the life of a girl. of course
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?

We were a house of women, so others assumed that meant
That we were sleeping around while in truth it meant that
We provided a safe space for all the lost and wandering
We watched over all the women who had no one else to care
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?

Now me and my wife were good at listening, because we had to
Had to if we wanted to survive, survive in that day and age, stay alive
So we listened to what Jesus was saying, we really listen to his words
And Jesus was a man but he was talking about equality and respect
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?

After watching him and listening we realized he was the real deal
So we decided it was time to break into that alabaster jar of perfume
So I walked into that gathering and poured out the perfume all over
So I walked into that gathering and poured myself out at his feet
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?

Then the men got involved in my story, retelling my story, my meaning
Judas was all "This perfume could have been sold at a high price
And the money given to the poor." because he really cared about the poor?
Not being one upped in devotion by a woman who loved women? Really?
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?

Jesus was better but he still thought I only did it for him and his burial
"Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.
When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?

Jesus was right "Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached
throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."
I went down in history as the woman with the alabaster jar of very expensive perfume
But I was an woman before the jar, I was a woman after the jar, We were always women
Do you know my story? Do you know my story? Do you? Do you?