Mark 14:1-9 ▼

1 Within two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread, and the chief priests, with the Scribes, contriv'd how they might seize Jesus by surprize, and put him to death.

2 but they objected, it could not be during the festival, for fear of a popular insurrection.

3 now being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, there came a woman with a viol full of the perfume of spikenard, which was very costly; and she opened the viol, and poured it upon his head.

4 but some had a secret indignation, and said, why must the perfume be so wasted?

5 for we could have sold it for above two hundred denarys, and given them to the poor: and they inveighed against her.

6 but Jesus said, let her alone, why do you disquiet her? it is commendable, what she has done out of respect to me.

7 the poor you have always with you, and you may relieve them whenever you please: but me you will not always have.

8 she has done what she could: she has perfum'd my body previously to my burial.

9 I declare unto you, in whatever quarter of the world this part of the gospel-history shall be related, this action of hers shall be mention'd to her praise.