John 11:2

And Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was sick.

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In The King James Version

(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

In Context

1Now there was a certain sick man, Lazarus of Bethania, from the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

3Therefore, his sisters sent to him, saying: “Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:6And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

Luke 7:37And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner, found out that he was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, so she brought an alabaster container of ointment.

Matthew Henry on John 11:2-17

The Death of Lazarus. 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister,… Read the whole commentary →

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