Mark 14:3

And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while he was dining, a woman came with an alabaster vase of very costly, pure spikenard perfume, and, breaking the vase, she poured the perfume 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

2but, "Not on a feast-day," they said, "for fear there should be a riot among the people."

4Some of those who were present said among themselves indignantly. "Why has the perfume been wasted like this?

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Cross References

Matthew 21:17So he left them and went outside the city, to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Matthew 26:6While Jesus was staying in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper,

John 11:2- it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.

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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