What Message Is Jesus Conveying Here?

Turn to Luke 18:


20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

 21And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

 22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

 23And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

 24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

 25For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

 26And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?




And Matthew 26.

7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

 8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

 9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

 10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

 11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

 12For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

 13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.


And Matthew 19;

 20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

 21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

 22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

 23Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

 24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

The message he is preaching is one of charity.

 You're talking utter poo, Huxley. The passage regarding the oil even answers your own question. Read the bit you couldn't be bothered to embolden.

Annointing  oil was an expensive gift and the person annointed with it dedicated that oil to his god.
It's expense was dedicated to the god not the man wearing it.


Yet again you entirely overlook context and history in order to get a cheap dig at Christianity.