Mark 14:3

While Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at the table, a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very costly liquid, which was pure nard. She broke the jar and 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 were saying, “Not during the feast, so that a riot does not arise among the people.”

4But there were some who were angry. They spoke among themselves and said, “What is the reason for this waste?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are a grove of pomegranate trees with choice fruits, 1 and of henna and nard plants, 1

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

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

John 11:2It was Mary who anointed the Lord with myrrh 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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