Mark 14:2-4

New Century Version

² But they said, “We must not do it during the feast, because the people might cause a riot.”

A Woman with Perfume for Jesus

³ 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.

⁴ Some who were there became upset and said to each other, “Why waste that perfume?