John 12:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ 1 Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away, and believed in Jesus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Mary took a pound of ointment of pure liquid nard [a rare perfume] that was very expensive, and she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair. And the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

Common English Bible

³ Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, of very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She anointed Jesus’ feet with it, then wiped his feet dry with her hair. The house was filled with the aroma of the perfume.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And then Mary took twelve ounces of pure spikenard ointment, very precious, and she anointed the feet of Jesus, and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

John 12:3 Cross References

Psalm 132:2

Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice.

Proverbs 27:16

3 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :

Song of Solomon 1:12

As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

Song of Solomon 1:3

1 We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver.

Song of Solomon 4:10

I sleep, and my heart watcheth; the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.

Luke 10:42

Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth.

Luke 7:46

And when a very great multitude was gathered together, and hastened out of the cities unto him, he spoke by a similitude.

John 11:2

0 But if he walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

John 11:28

6 The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him.

John 11:32

0 Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

John 19:39

And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying; but yet he went not in.