Mark 14:1-9 ▼

1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread \and the Unleavened/ were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

2 “But not during the feast, they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.

3 While Jesus was in Bethany (house of affliction) reclining at the table in the home of Simon (hearing) the Leper (Simon the Potter), a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard (spikenard). She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

4 Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

5 It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii (days’ wages) and the money given to the poor. And they scolded her.

6 But Jesus (YHWH saves) said, “Leave her alone; why are you⁺ bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

7 The poor you⁺ will always have with you⁺ , and you⁺ can help them whenever you⁺ want. But you⁺ will not always have Me.

8 She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

9 And truly I tell you⁺, wherever the gospel (good news) is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.