Mark 14:3

When Jesus was still at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was sitting at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of choice spikenard perfume of great value. She broke the jar, and poured the perfume 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 during the Festival, or the people may riot.’

4Some of those who were present said to one another indignantly, ‘Why has the perfume been wasted like this?

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Cross References

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

Matthew 26:6After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,

John 11:2This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped 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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