Did Mary Magdalene ever wash Jesus feet?
The Bible says nothing about Magdalen washing Jesus’ feet. That was a rumor started by Pope Gregory I who conflated Mary Magdalen (“from whom seven devils had been cast out”) with the “sinful” woman in Luke’s account of the foot washing. The details in the account of the washing differ in each gospel. In some, his feet are washed, in others his head. Some use oil, others use the woman’s tears. Judas complains, or is it Simon the Pharisee, or the other apostles? John says it was Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus who did the washing. Either it happened a lot or the details aren’t important. But no one mentions Magdalen at the scene.
