Devine Scripture

Mark 14:3

Mark chapter 14 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

Context

v.2for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

v.3This passage

v.4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 11:2

    And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

  • Luke 7:37

    And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,

  • Song of Solomon 4:13

    Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,

  • Matthew 26:6

    Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

  • John 12:1

    Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.