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Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus[a] and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.(A)

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  1. 12:3 The feet of Jesus: so Mk 14:3; but in Mt 26:6, Mary anoints Jesus’ head as a sign of regal, messianic anointing.

Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume;(A) she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.(B) And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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  1. John 12:3 Or about 0.5 liter