Matthew 26:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).

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  • Exod 30:23-33 : 23 `And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred `shekels'; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty; 24 and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin; 25 and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil. 26 `And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume, 28 and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base; 29 and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy; 30 and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me. 31 `And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations; 32 on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it `is' holy; it is holy to you; 33 a man who compoundeth `any' like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger -- hath even been cut off from his people.'
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,
  • Eccl 9:8 : 8 At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!
  • Song 1:3 : 3 For fragrance `are' thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
  • Isa 57:9 : 9 And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.
  • Luke 7:37-38 : 37 and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment, 38 and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.
  • Luke 7:46 : 46 with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;
  • John 12:2-3 : 2 they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him; 3 Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.

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    3And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;

    4and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, `For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

    5for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

    6And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

    7for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

    8what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.

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    36And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

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    38and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

    39And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind `is' the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

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    2they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

    3Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.

    4Therefore saith one of his disciples -- Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up --

    5`Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

    6and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

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    8And having seen `it', his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose `is' this waste?

    9for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.'

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    46with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

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