Mark 14:3-5

Easy-to-Read Version

A Woman Does Something Special^(A)

³ Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper. While he was eating there, a woman came to him. She had an alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume made of pure nard. She opened the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.

⁴ Some of the followers there saw this. They were upset and complained to each other. They said, “Why waste that perfume? ⁵ It was worth a full year’s pay.^[a] It could have been sold and the money given to those who are poor.” And they told the woman what a bad thing she had done.