Contrast

"...a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table...truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."

"Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.  As they were eating, He said, 'Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me...The Son of Man will go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!  It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.'"

As He reclined: A woman/A man.  Costly perfume/Blood money.  Love poured out/Love sold out.    

Honorable deed/Traitor's woe.  Beautiful memory/Despicable birth.  The woman: nameless/The man: Judas.  

According to Matthew and Mark, once "the woman" displayed her love, "then Judas went" and betrayed Jesus love.  Oh, how wonderful and oh, how tragic!!  Let us meditate with great seriousness our walk in this life.  It is our witness; it is the display of our true heart's devotion.