 The Holy Spirit selected certain miracles, certain teachings, and certain events of the life and ministry of Christ to be included in the four Gospels for our benefit. And the story of Mary and Bethany is one of them. Things were coming to a head in the life and ministry of Jesus. He'd had a number of increasingly confrontational exchanges with the religious leaders. They were ticked off at him. They wanted him out of the picture. In short, they wanted Jesus killed. And they were plotting against him.