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Mark 14:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Mark 14:3

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1 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception and kill him.

2 For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among 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.” So they grumbled against her.

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Matthew 26:7

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"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."

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Luke 7:37

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"Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment."

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John 12:3

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

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John 11:2

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

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Matthew 8:2

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"Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”"

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Luke 7:44

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"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."

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Mark 14:1

"It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception and kill him."

Mark 14:2

"For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”"

Mark 14:4

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

Mark 14:5

"For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” So they grumbled against her."

Mark 14:6

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

Mark 14:7

"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."

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