This seems like a simple scene of Jesus eating with Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, but images of death and resurrection are also present. Lazarus was raised from the dead, just as Jesus would also soon die and be resurrected. Mary anointed Jesus by rubbing expensive perfume on his feet and wiping them with her hair. This was a prophetic act that harkened back to the way people worshipped kings. Even though Judas criticized her extravagance, Jesus affirmed her gift as both an expression of love and as an anticipation of his burial.