Mark 14:3

Good News Translation

Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease. While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an alabaster jar full of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:12

My king was lying on his couch, and my perfume filled the air with fragrance.

Song of Solomon 5:5

I was ready to let him come in. My hands were covered with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, as I grasped the handle of the door.

Matthew 21:17

Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

Matthew 25:17

In the same way the servant who had received two thousand coins earned another two thousand.

Mark 14:2

“We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people might riot.”

Mark 14:4

Some of the people there became angry and said to one another, “What was the use of wasting the perfume?

John 11:2

This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.)