The answer
to your question appears to be self-evidentthe account in Luke is how he would have edited
Mark'sbecause both passages seem to refer to the same incident, although there are a few
differences in detail. Jesus is invited to eat in the house of a man named Simon. While he is
there, a woman acknowledged to be a sinner appears and uses ointment from an alabaster box to
wash Jesus. In each account, Jesus justifies the woman's actions and speaks highly of
her.
To account for the discrepancies in the narratives and why Luke would
have written and edited Mark's version differently, it's important to remember two things: the
two writers have vastly different styles, and neither writer was present when the incident at
Simon's house took place. They are both basing their writings on stories that they have heard
from eyewitnesses or even from second- or third-hand sources.
Neither of the
two writers was one of Jesus's original twelve apostles. Although it's impossible
to...
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