John 12:3

But Mariam took a vase of balsam of the finest nard, great in price, and anointed the feet of Jeshu, and wiped with her hair his feet, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the balsam.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

2And they made him there a supper and Martha served, and Loozar was one of those who reclined with him.

4And Jihuda Scarjuta, one of his disciples, he who would betray him said,

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Cross References

Matthew 26:6And when Jeshu was at Bethania, in the house of Shemun the leper,

Luke 7:37And a woman, a sinner, was in that city; and when she knew that in the house of the Pharisha he reclined, she took a vase of ointment,

Luke 10:38AND it was that as they went in the way, he entered into a certain village, and a woman whose name was Martha received him into her house.

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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