What does the Bible say about olive oil?

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• Leviticus 24:2

  "Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

• Mark 6:13

  They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.

• Deuteronomy 8:8

  a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;

• James 5:14

  Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

• Leviticus 2:5

  If your offering is a meal offering of the baking pan, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.

• Matthew 6:17

  But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

• Isaiah 61:3

  to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

• Psalms 23:5

  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

• Mark 16:1-20

  [1] When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. [2] Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. [3] They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" [4] for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back. [5] Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed. [6] He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him! [7] But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'" [8] They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid. [9] Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. [10] She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. [11] When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. [12] After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. [13] They went away and told it to the rest. They didn't believe them, either. [14] Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen. [15] He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to the whole creation. [16] He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. [17] These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; [18] they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." [19] So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. [20] They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

• 1 Kings 17:12

  She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

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