Then Mary took two cups of pure nard, an expensive perfume, and poured it on Jesus’ feet. She wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the sweet smell of the perfume.
Jesus was in Bethany, eating dinner in the home of Simon the Leper. A woman came in with an alabaster jar that contained very expensive perfume made out of pure nard. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and she saw him, she knelt down in front of him. “Lord,” she said, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”