John 12:3

Then Mary took a pound of expensive ointment made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

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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

2They prepared a supper for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of the people reclining at the table with him.

4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray him, said,

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Cross References

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

Luke 7:37And behold, when a woman in that city who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

Luke 10:38As Jesus and his disciples went along, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

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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