John 12:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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.