John 12:1-8

Mary Anoints Jesus

1 ¹Jesus, therefore, six days before ²the Passover, came to ³Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

2 So they made Him a supper there, and ⁴Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

3 ⁵Mary then took a pound of very costly ⁶perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But ⁷Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,

5 "Why * was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ⁸had the money box, he used to pilfer ⁹what was put into it.

7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for ¹⁰the day of My burial.

8 "¹¹For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

Cross References

• 1. John 12:1-8: {Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:37-39}
• 2. John 11:55; John 12:20
• 3. Matthew 21:17; John 11:43
• 4. Luke 10:38
• 5. Luke 7:37; John 11:2
• 6. Mark 14:3
• 7. John 6:71
• 8. John 13:29
• 9. Luke 8:3
• 10. John 19:40
• 11. Deuteronomy 15:11; Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. a Roman pound, equaling 12 oz
• [b] Or "hand Him over"
• [c] Equivalent to 11 months' wages
• [d] I.e. the custom of preparing the body for burial