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Mark 14:2-4
English Standard Version
Mark 14:2-4
English Standard Version
2 for they said, “Not during the feast, (A)lest there be an uproar from the people.”
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
3 (B)And while he was at (C)Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,[a] as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?
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- Mark 14:3 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Mark 14:2-4
New International Version
Mark 14:2-4
New International Version
2 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”
3 While he was in Bethany,(A) reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.(B)
4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?
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