KJV King James Version
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].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 26:7
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].
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
WEB World English Bible
a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
ASV American Standard Version
there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).
Surrounding context — Matthew 26
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
5 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 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].
8 But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
προσῆλθενG4334 · proserchomaito come near/agreeαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heγυνὴG1135 · gunēwomanἔχουσαG2192 · echōto have/beἀλάβαστρονG211 · alabastronjarμύρουG3464 · muronointmentβαρυτίμουG927 · barutimosexpensiveκαὶG2532 · kaiandκατέχεενG2708 · katacheōto pourἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκεφαλῆςG2776 · kephalēheadαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἀνακειμένου.G345 · anakeimaito recline
Cross-references
John 12:2-3There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.Luke 7:46My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.Luke 7:37-38And, 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,Ecclesiastes 9:8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.Song of Solomon 1:3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.Psalm 133:2[It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;Isaiah 57:9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase [thyself even] unto hell.Exodus 30:23-33Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],Ecclesiastes 10:1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.
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