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1 It was now two days before the Passover and [the festival of] Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were searching for a deceitful way to arrest Jesus and kill Him; 2 but they were saying, “Not during the festival, for the people might riot.” 3 While He was in Bethany [as a guest] at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster vial of very costly and precious perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured the perfume over His head. 4 But there were some who were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted? Mark 14:1-4, Amplified Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation.
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