“Not during the festival,” they said, “so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

The Anointing at Bethany

While(A) he was in Bethany(B) at the house of Simon the leper,[a](C) as he was reclining at the table,(D) a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head.(E) But some were expressing indignation to one another: “Why has this perfume been wasted?

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Footnotes

  1. 14:3 Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases; see Lv 13–14

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