Mark 14:3

While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

Majority Standard Bible

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

2“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

4Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another and said, “Why this waste of perfume?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Matthew 21:17Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

Matthew 26:6While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,

John 11:2(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

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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