Matthew 26:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

Cross References

Luke 7:46

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

Isaiah 57:9

You journeyed to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent them down to Sheol.

Song of Solomon 1:3

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

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down over the collar of his robes.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a foul odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 Kings 9:1

Then the prophet Elisha called a member of the company of prophets and said to him, “Gird up your loins; take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

Matthew 26:8

But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, “Why this waste?

Mark 14:3

While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head.