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And kai while he autos was eimi in en Bethany Bēthania in en the ho house oikia of Simon Simōn the ho leper lepros, as he autos reclined katakeimai at table , there came erchomai a woman gynē with echō an alabaster alabastros flask of very costly polytelēs anointment myron of pure pistikos nard nardos; and breaking syntribō the ho flask alabastros, she poured katacheō it over his autos · ho head kephalē. But de some tis were eimi indignant aganakteō, and began saying to pros themselves heautou, “ For eis what tis purpose was ginomai · ho this houtos waste apōleia of ho ointment myron? For gar this houtos ointment myron could dynamai · ho have been sold pipraskō for epanō more than three hundred triakosioi denarii dēnarion and kai given didōmi to the ho poor ptōchos.” And kai they rebuked embrimaomai her autos harshly . · ho But de Jesus Iēsous said legō, “ Leave aphiēmi her autos alone. Why tis are you causing parechō her autos trouble kopos? She has done ergazomai a beautiful kalos thing ergon to en me egō. For gar you will echō always pantote have echō the ho poor ptōchos with meta you heautou, and kai whenever hotan you want thelō you can dynamai do poieō something good for them autos, but de you will echō not ou always pantote have echō me egō. She has done poieō what hos she could echō; she has anointed prolambanō · ho my egō body sōma beforehand for eis · ho burial entaphiasmos. I tell legō you hymeis the truth amēn, · de wherever hopou ean the ho gospel euangelion is preached kēryssō in eis the ho whole holos world kosmos, what hos this woman houtos has done poieō will also kai be told laleō in eis memory mnēmosynon of her autos.”

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Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease. During dinner, a woman came in with a vase made of alabaster and containing very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke open the vase and poured the perfume on his head. Some grew angry. They said to each other, “Why waste the perfume? This perfume could have been sold for almost a year’s pay[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me. You always have the poor with you; and whenever you want, you can do something good for them. But you won’t always have me. She has done what she could. She has anointed my body ahead of time for burial. I tell you the truth that, wherever in the whole world the good news is announced, what she’s done will also be told in memory of her.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:5 Or three hundred denaria; a denarion was equivalent to a day’s pay.