John 12:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then tooke Mary a pound of oyntment of Spikenarde very costly, and anoynted Iesus feete, and wiped his feete with her heare, and the house was filled with the sauour of the oyntment.

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  • John 11:2 : 2 (And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)
  • Luke 7:37-38 : 37 And beholde, a woman in the citie, which was a sinner, when she knewe that Iesus sate at table in the Pharises house, shee brought a boxe of oyntment. 38 And shee stoode at his feete behinde him weeping, and began to wash his feete with teares, and did wipe them with the heares of her head, and kissed his feete, and anoynted them with the oyntment.
  • Luke 7:46 : 46 Mine head with oyle thou didest not anoint: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.
  • Luke 10:38-39 : 38 Nowe it came to passe, as they went, that he entred into a certaine towne, and a certaine woman named Martha, receiued him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Marie, which also sate at Iesus feete, and heard his preaching.
  • John 11:28 : 28 And when she had so saide, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
  • John 11:32 : 32 Then when Mary was come where Iesus was, and sawe him, she fell downe at his feete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead.
  • Ps 132:2 : 2 Who sware vnto the Lorde, and vowed vnto the mightie God of Iaakob, saying,
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.
  • Song 1:12 : 12 Whiles the King was at his repast, my spikenard gaue the smell thereof.
  • Song 4:10 : 10 My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?
  • Song 4:13-14 : 13 Thy plantes are as an orchard of pomegranates with sweete fruites, as camphire, spikenarde, 14 Euen spikenarde, and saffran, calamus, and cynamon with all the trees of incense, myrrhe and aloes, with all the chiefe spices.
  • Matt 26:6-9 : 6 And when Iesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came vnto him a woman, which had a boxe of very costly oyntment, and powred it on his head, as he sate at the table. 8 And when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this waste? 9 For this oyntment might haue bene solde for much, and bene giuen to the poore. 10 And Iesus knowing it, sayde vnto them, Why trouble yee the woman? For shee hath wrought a good woorke vpon me. 11 For yee haue the poore alwayes with you, but me shall yee not haue alwaies. 12 For in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me. 13 Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall bee preached throughout all the worlde, there shall also this that shee hath done, be spoken of for a memoriall of her.
  • Mark 14:3-9 : 3 And when hee was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of oyntment of spikenarde, very costly, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head. 4 Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment? 5 For it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they murmured against her. 6 But Iesus saide, Let her alone: why trouble yee her? Shee hath wrought a good worke on me. 7 For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies. 8 She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hand to anoynt my body to the burying. 9 Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done, shalbe spoken of in remembrance of her.

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  • Mark 14:2-6
    5 verses
    87%

    2But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.

    3And when hee was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of oyntment of spikenarde, very costly, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.

    4Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment?

    5For it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they murmured against her.

    6But Iesus saide, Let her alone: why trouble yee her? Shee hath wrought a good worke on me.

  • John 11:1-3
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    85%

    1And a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha.

    2(And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)

    3Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.

  • Luke 7:37-39
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    37And beholde, a woman in the citie, which was a sinner, when she knewe that Iesus sate at table in the Pharises house, shee brought a boxe of oyntment.

    38And shee stoode at his feete behinde him weeping, and began to wash his feete with teares, and did wipe them with the heares of her head, and kissed his feete, and anoynted them with the oyntment.

    39Nowe when the Pharise which bade him, saw it, he spake within himselfe, saying, If this man were a Prophet, hee woulde surely haue knowen who, and what maner of woman this is which toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

  • Matt 26:6-10
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    6And when Iesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

    7There came vnto him a woman, which had a boxe of very costly oyntment, and powred it on his head, as he sate at the table.

    8And when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this waste?

    9For this oyntment might haue bene solde for much, and bene giuen to the poore.

    10And Iesus knowing it, sayde vnto them, Why trouble yee the woman? For shee hath wrought a good woorke vpon me.

  • John 12:4-7
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    4Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him:

    5Why was not this oyntment sold for three hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore?

    6Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.

    7Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

  • Luke 7:44-47
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    44Then he turned to the woman, and said vnto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entred into thine house, and thou gauest mee no water to my feete: but she hath washed my feete with teares, and wiped them with the heares of her head.

    45Thou gauest me no kisse: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kisse my feete.

    46Mine head with oyle thou didest not anoint: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.

    47Wherefore I say vnto thee, many sinnes are forgiuen her: for she loued much. To whom a litle is forgiuen, he doeth loue a litle.

  • Matt 26:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12For in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me.

    13Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall bee preached throughout all the worlde, there shall also this that shee hath done, be spoken of for a memoriall of her.

  • Mark 14:8-9
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    74%

    8She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hand to anoynt my body to the burying.

    9Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done, shalbe spoken of in remembrance of her.

  • John 12:1-2
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    1Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passeouer, came to Bethania, where Lazarus was, who died, whom he had raised from the dead.

    2There they made him a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with him.

  • Luke 10:38-40
    3 verses
    71%

    38Nowe it came to passe, as they went, that he entred into a certaine towne, and a certaine woman named Martha, receiued him into her house.

    39And she had a sister called Marie, which also sate at Iesus feete, and heard his preaching.

    40But Martha was combred about much seruing, and came to him, and saide, Master, doest thou not care that my sister hath left me to serue alone? bid her therefore, that she helpe me.

  • John 13:4-6
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    4He riseth from supper, and layeth aside his vpper garments, and tooke a towel, and girded himselfe.

    5After that, hee powred water into a basen, and began to wash the disciples feete, and to wipe them with the towell, wherewith he was girded.

    6Then came he to Simon Peter, who sayd to him, Lord, doest thou wash my feete?

  • John 11:29-32
    4 verses
    69%

    29And when she heard it, shee arose quickly, and came vnto him.

    30For Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in the place where Martha met him.

    31The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they sawe Marie, that she rose vp hastily, & went out, folowed her, saying, She goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there.

    32Then when Mary was come where Iesus was, and sawe him, she fell downe at his feete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead.

  • Song 1:12
    69%

    12Whiles the King was at his repast, my spikenard gaue the smell thereof.

  • John 13:12
    68%

    12So after he had washed their feete, and had taken his garments, and was set downe againe, he sayd vnto them, Knowe ye what I haue done to you?

  • Mark 16:1
    68%

    1And when the Sabbath day was past, Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, and Salome, bought sweete oyntments, that they might come, and anoynt him.

  • John 11:20
    67%

    20Then Martha, when shee heard that Iesus was comming, went to meete him: but Mary sate still in the house.

  • John 19:39
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    39And there came also Nicodemus (which first came to Iesus by night) & brought of myrrhe and aloes mingled together about an hundreth pound.

  • Luke 10:42
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    42But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

  • John 11:5
    67%

    5Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

  • Song 4:14
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    14Euen spikenarde, and saffran, calamus, and cynamon with all the trees of incense, myrrhe and aloes, with all the chiefe spices.

  • Song 1:3
    66%

    3Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.

  • Prov 7:17
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    17I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.