Mark 14:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.”
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“While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Mark 14:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
- Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
- Matthew 21:17Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
- Matthew 25:17Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
- Matthew 26:6While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
- Luke 7:37When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- John 11:2(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- John 12:1Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
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