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The Costly Perfume

(A)And while He was in (B)Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster jar of perfume of very (C)costly pure [a]nard; and she broke the jar and poured it over His head. But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted? For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred [b]denarii and given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:3 An aromatic oil extracted from an East Indian plant
  2. Mark 14:5 A denarius was approx. a laborer’s daily wage