Mark 14:3-9
Evangelical Heritage Version
Mary Anoints Jesus
3 While Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made from pure nard. She broke the alabaster jar and poured it over his head. 4 But there were some who were indignant and said to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted? 5 Certainly this perfume could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii[a] and given to the poor!” And they began to scold her.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 7 In fact, you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you are not always going to have me. 8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 Amen I tell you: Wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman did will also be told in memory of her.”
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- Mark 14:5 A denarius was worth about one day’s wage.
Mark 14:3-9
Lexham English Bible
Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany
3 And while[a] he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as[b] he was reclining for a meal, a woman came holding an alabaster flask of very costly perfumed oil of genuine nard. After[c] breaking the alabaster flask, she poured it[d] out on his head. 4 But some were expressing indignation to one another:[e] “Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil? 5 For this perfumed oil could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor!” And they began to scold[f] her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you cause trouble for her? She has done a good deed to me. 7 For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand[g] for burial. 9 And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.
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- Mark 14:3 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
- Mark 14:3 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was reclining for a meal”)
- Mark 14:3 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“breaking”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 14:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 14:4 Or perhaps “within themselves”
- Mark 14:5 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to scold”)
- Mark 14:8 Literally “she has anticipated to anoint my body”
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