Mark 14:3

While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar and poured it over 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 feast, because there might be a riot amongst the people.”

4But there were some who were indignant amongst themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:13Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants,

Matthew 21:17He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.

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

John 11:2It was that Mary who had 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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