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Investigating Mary Magdalen

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Other Women in the Canonical Gospels

    Of the many gospels written in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, only four are regarded by the Christian Church as canonical (divinely inspired, scripturally acceptable, authoritative).

    (1611 King James translation)
    Gospel of St. Mark, especially Chapters
    14, 3-9 (unnamed woman anoints Jesus's head with ointment)

    Gospel of St. Matthew, especially Chapter
    26, 6-13 (at Bethany, an unnamed woman anoints Jesus's head with ointment)

    Gospel of St. Luke, especially Chapters
    7, 36-50 (unnamed female sinner anoints Jesus's feet with ointment)
    10, 38-42 (Mary and Martha)

    Gospel of St. John, especially Chapters
    11, 1-45 (Mary, Martha, and Lazarus)
    12, 1-8 (Mary, Martha, and Lazarus; Mary anoints Jesus's feet with ointment)