John 12:3
“Then tooke Mary a pound of ointment, of Spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Iesus, & wiped his feet with her haire: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.”
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John 12:3 Context
1Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passouer, came to Bethanie, where Lazarus was, which had bene dead, whom hee raised from the dead. 2There they made him a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them þt sate at the table with him. 3Then tooke Mary a pound of ointment, of Spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Iesus, & wiped his feet with her haire: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4Then saith one of his disciples, Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne, which should betray him, 5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and giuen to the poore?
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Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
- King James Version
Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
- New American Standard Version (1995)