Mark 14:3

And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster bottle of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and breaking the bottle, she 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

2For they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

4And there were some that were much displeased, [[and said]] among themselves, Why is this waste of the ointment made?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with choicest fruits, Henna and spikenard,

Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

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

John 11:2It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose 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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