Mark 14:3

And He, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at His reclining, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, poured [it] on 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

2and they said, “Not in the celebration, lest there will be a tumult of the people.”

4and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, “For what has this waste of the ointment been made?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:13Your shoots a paradise of pomegranates, || With precious fruits,

Matthew 21:17And having left them, He went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there,

Matthew 26:6And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

John 11:2and it was Mary who anointed the LORD with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing—

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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