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But they said, “We must not do it during the feast, because the people might cause a riot.”

A Woman with Perfume for Jesus

Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, who had a skin disease. While Jesus was eating there, a woman approached him with an alabaster jar filled with very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She opened the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.

Some who were there became upset and said to each other, “Why waste that perfume?

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“But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

While he was in Bethany,(A) reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.(B)

Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?

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