Matthew 26:7
“There came vnto him a woman, hauing an alabaster boxe of very precious ointment, and powred it on his head, as he sate at meat.”
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Matthew 26:7 Context
5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there bee an vproare among the people. 6¶ Now when Iesus was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper, 7There came vnto him a woman, hauing an alabaster boxe of very precious ointment, and powred it on his head, as he sate at meat. 8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9For this ointment might haue bin sold for much, and giuen to the poore.
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There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].
- King James Version
a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined {at the table.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)