Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them[a] with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.(A)

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  1. 12.3 Gk his feet

Another angel with a golden censer came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.(A) And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.(B)

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20 Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you with me.(A)

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18 I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.(A)

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30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.(A) 31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us[a] while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”

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  1. 24.32 Other ancient authorities lack within us

The Anointing at Bethany

While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,[a] as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head.(A)

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  1. 14.3 Or the skin-diseased

The Institution of the Lord’s Supper

26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it[a] he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”(A) 27 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the[b] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.(B)

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  1. 26.26 Other ancient authorities read after giving thanks
  2. 26.28 Other ancient authorities add new

34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,(A)

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11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe,(A)

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Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.’(A)

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Psalm 45

Ode for a Royal Wedding

To the leader: according to Lilies. Of the Korahites. A Maskil. A love song.

My heart overflows with a goodly theme;
    I address my verses to the king;
    my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.(A)

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