John 12:3

Then Mary, having taken a pound of very costly pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

In Context

2Then they made for Him a supper there; and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of those reclining to eat with Him.

4Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, who was about to betray Him, said,

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Cross References

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

Luke 7:37And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she found out that He was reclining in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of perfume,

Luke 10:38Now it came to pass as they traveled, that He entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.

Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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