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16 Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind
    or trying to hold something with greased hands.

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16 restraining her is like restraining the wind
    or grasping oil with the hand.

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Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar[a] of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:3 Greek took 1 litra [327 grams].

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