Mark 14:3

And when he was at Bethania in the house of Shemun the leper, as he reclined, there came a woman who had with her a vase of the balsam of the choicest nard of great prices; and she opened it, and poured it upon the head of Jeshu.

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

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

2And they said, Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.

4But there were men of the disciples who were displeased among themselves, and said, Why make destruction of this balsam?

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Cross References

Matthew 21:17AND he abandoned them, and went forth without the city to Bethania, and lodged there.

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

John 11:2It was that Mariam who anointed with balsam the feet of Jeshu, and wiped (them) with her hair, whose brother this Loozar was who 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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