Mark 14:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper. While he was eating there, a woman came to him. She had an alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume made of pure nard. She opened the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.

Cross References

John 11:2

(Mary is the same woman who put perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) Mary’s brother was Lazarus, the man who was now sick.

Song of Solomon 5:5

I got up to open for my lover, myrrh dripping from my hands, myrrh scented lotion dripped from my fingers onto the handles of the lock.

Matthew 21:17

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

Song of Solomon 1:12

The smell of my perfume reaches out to the king lying on his couch.

Mark 14:2

They said, “But we cannot arrest Jesus during the festival. We don’t want the people to be angry and cause a riot.”

Mark 14:4

Some of the followers there saw this. They were upset and complained to each other. They said, “Why waste that perfume?

Matthew 25:17

It was the same with the servant who had two bags. That servant invested the money and earned two more.