Matthew 26:7-9

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⁷a ^[a]woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive ^[b]perfume and she poured it on Jesus’ head as He reclined at the table. ⁸But when the ^[c]disciples saw it they were indignant and angry, saying, “Why all this waste [of money]? ⁹For this perfume might have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 26:7 John the Apostle identifies this woman as Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus (Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8). Jesus was anointed in a similar way by an unnamed woman when He was in Galilee dining at the home of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-40).
Matthew 26:7 This was a thick, scented oil (nard) obtained from the root of a flowering plant grown in the Himalayas of Tibet.
Matthew 26:8 Judas Iscariot, the betrayer, spoke first denouncing this act of devotion (John 12:4, 5).