KJV King James Version
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 14:3
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
WEB World English Bible
While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
ASV American Standard Version
And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;
Surrounding context — Mark 14
1 After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.
2 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.
3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandὄντοςG1510 · eimito beαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongΒηθανίᾳG963 · BēthaniaBethanyἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἰκίᾳG3614 · oikiahomeΣίμωνοςG4613 · SimōnSimonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoλεπροῦ,G3015 · leprosleprousκατακειμένουG2621 · katakeimaito reclineαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἦλθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goγυνὴG1135 · gunēwomanἔχουσαG2192 · echōto have/beἀλάβαστρονG211 · alabastronjarμύρουG3464 · muronointmentνάρδουG3487 · nardosnardπιστικῆςG4101 · pistikospureπολυτελοῦς.G4185 · polutelēsvaluableσυντρίψασαG4937 · suntribōto breakτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀλάβαστρονG211 · alabastronjarκατέχεενG2708 · katacheōto pourαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκεφαλῆς.G2776 · kephalēhead
Cross-references
Luke 7:37-39And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,John 12:1-8Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.John 11:2(It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)Matthew 26:6-13Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,Song of Solomon 4:13-14Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped [with] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
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