Mark 14:3-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Anointing at Bethany
3 While(A) He was in Bethany(B) at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease,(C) as He was reclining at the table,(D) a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.(E) 4 But some were expressing indignation to one another: “Why has this fragrant oil been wasted? 5 For this oil might have been sold for more than 300 denarii(F) and given to the poor.”(G) And they began to scold her.
6 Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing(H) for Me. 7 You always have the poor(I) with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.(J) 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed My body(K) in advance for burial.(L) 9 I assure you:(M) Wherever the gospel(N) is proclaimed in the whole world,(O) what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”
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Mark 14:3-9
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3 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)
4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.
6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you,[b] and you can help them any time you want.(C) But you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.(D) 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world,(E) what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
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