Mark 14:3
And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman having an alabaster vial of perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial, and poured it on his head.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
4And some were indignant, and said to themselves, Why was this perfume wasted?
Cross References
Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany; and he lodged there.
Matthew 26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
John 11:2(It was Mary who 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 →