Mark 14:3-9

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

3 ¹And while he was at ²Bethany 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?

5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii^[b] and ³given to the poor. ” And they ⁴scolded her.

6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

7 For ⁵you always have the poor with you, and whenever ⁶you want, you can do good for them. But ⁷you will not always have me.

8 ⁸She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand ⁹for burial.

9 And truly, I say to you, wherever ¹⁰the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told ¹¹in memory of her. ”

Cross References

• 1. 14:3 For ver. 3-9, see Matt. 26:6-13; John 12:1-8; [Luke 7:37-39]
• 2. 14:3 Matt. 21:17; John 11:18
• 3. 14:5 [John 13:29]
• 4. 14:5 John 11:33, 38 (Gk.)
• 5. 14:7 Deut. 15:11
• 6. 14:7 [2 Cor. 9:7]
• 7. 14:7 ch. 2:20; See John 7:33
• 8. 14:8 [ch. 12:43; Luke 21:3; 2 Cor. 8:12]
• 9. 14:8 John 19:40
• 10. 14:9 [Matt. 24:14]
• 11. 14:9 Acts 10:4

Footnotes

• [a] 14:3 'Leprosy' was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
• [b] 14:5 A 'denarius' was a day’s wage for a laborer