Mark 14:2-4

Contemporary English Version

²They were saying, “We must not do it during the festival, because the people will riot.”

At Bethany

(Matthew 26.6-13; John 12.1-8)

³^(A) Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon, who once had leprosy,^[a] when a woman came in with a very expensive bottle of sweet-smelling perfume.^[b] After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head. ⁴This made some of the guests angry, and they complained, “Why such a waste?

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Footnotes

14.3 leprosy: In biblical times the word “leprosy” was used for many different skin diseases.
14.3 sweet-smelling perfume: The Greek text has “perfume made of pure spikenard,” a plant used to make perfume.