Mark 14:3

And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was reclining to eat, a woman arrived having an alabaster container of ointment, of precious spikenard. And breaking open the alabaster container, she poured it over his head.

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In The King James Version

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

In Context

2But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people.”

4But there were some who became indignant within themselves and who were saying: “What is the reason for this waste of the ointment?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:13You send forth a paradise of pomegranates along with the fruits of the orchard: Cypress grapes, with aromatic oil;

Matthew 21:17And leaving them behind, he went out, beyond the city, into Bethania, and he lodged here.

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

John 11:2And Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was sick.

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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