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A. There are equally fine Bible teachers on both sides of this ques­ tion. Those who believe that fallen angels cohabited with women be­ lieve that this unlikely union brought forth giants in the land. Others state that the godly line of Seth intermarried with w icked , worldly women. There are some very credible arguments on both sides of the picture. In any case the warning is clear of the danger in trying to mix believer and un­ believer. The results are always ca­ lamitous. We read that "Cod saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." He will always judge the impure thoughts and acts of sinful man. Q. "/ have been confused as to who actually washed the Lord's feet. Was it Mary Magdalene or Mary of Bethany?" A. To answer this we need to gath­ er together all of the New Testa­ ment passages that relate to this event. There are three parallel pas­ sages on the same incident (Mat­ thew 26:6, Mark 14:3-9, and John 12:1-8. This occurred right after the miraculous raising of Lazarus from the dead. As we consider the prevailing conditions, we find that it was Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus in this situation. Again in Luke 7:36-39 there is an entirely different incident with a different Mary. That name was very common in those days and was the Creek equivalent of Miriam, the sister of Aaron and Moses. This person was described as "a wo­ man in the city, who was a sinner." She knew that Jesus was eating at

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