John 12:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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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

how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

Proverbs 27:16

to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.

Song of Solomon 1:12

While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

Song of Solomon 1:3

your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is perfume poured out; therefore the maidens love you.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How sweet is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

Luke 10:42

but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 7:46

You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

John 11:2

Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill.

John 11:28

When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

John 11:32

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

John 19:39

Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds.