John 12:3

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive, aromatic perfume; [it was] genuine nard, [Note: This was a sweet-smelling herb] and she poured [some of] it on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. The [whole] house was filled with the fragrant scent of the perfume.

Cross References

Luke 10:42

But only one thing is [really] needful. For Mary has made the better choice, which will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 7:46

You did not pour [aromatic] oil on my head, but she poured perfume on my feet.

John 11:2

This was the Mary who had poured the perfume on the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair [See Matt. 26:6-13], whose brother Lazarus was sick.

John 11:28

After saying this, she left and called her sister Mary and said to her privately, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

John 11:32

So, when Mary arrived at where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell down at His feet and said, “Lord, if [only] you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

John 19:39

Nicodemus, the man who first came to Jesus one night, also went with him [i.e., to claim Jesus’ body]. He brought about a seventy-five pound mixture of myrrh and aloes [i.e., aromatic spices used for embalming].