John 12:3

World English Bible (2000)

Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

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  • John 11:2 : 2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
  • Luke 7:37-38 : 37 Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38 Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
  • Luke 7:46 : 46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
  • Luke 10:38-39 : 38 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
  • John 11:28 : 28 When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."
  • John 11:32 : 32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
  • Ps 132:2 : 2 how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.
  • Song 1:12 : 12 While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
  • Song 4:13-14 : 13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits: henna with spikenard plants, 14 spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
  • Matt 26:6-9 : 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor." 10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me. 11 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me. 12 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."
  • Mark 14:3-9 : 3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard--very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. 4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted? 5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her. 6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying. 9 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."

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  • Mark 14:2-6
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    2 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

    3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard--very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

    4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?

    5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

    6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

  • John 11:1-3
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    1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.

    2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.

    3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."

  • Luke 7:37-39
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    37 Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

    38 Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

    39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."

  • Matt 26:6-10
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    6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

    7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

    8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

    9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."

    10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

  • John 12:4-7
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    4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

    5 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"

    6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

    7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

  • Luke 7:44-47
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    44 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

    45 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

    46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

    47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."

  • Matt 26:12-13
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    12 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

    13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."

  • Mark 14:8-9
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    74%

    8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

    9 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."

  • John 12:1-2
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    1 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

    2 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

  • Luke 10:38-40
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    38 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

    39 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

    40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

  • John 13:4-6
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    4 arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

    5 Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

    6 Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

  • John 11:29-32
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    29 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

    30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.

    31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."

    32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

  • Song 1:12
    69%

    12 While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

  • John 13:12
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    12 So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?

  • Mark 16:1
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    1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

  • John 11:20
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    20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.

  • John 19:39
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    39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.

  • Luke 10:42
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    42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."

  • John 11:5
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    5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

  • Song 4:14
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    14 spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,

  • Song 1:3
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    3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.

  • Prov 7:17
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    17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.