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Matthew 26:7
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Matthew 26:7
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7 (A) A woman came in with a bottle of expensive perfume and poured it on Jesus' head.
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Mark 14:3
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Mark 14:3
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At Bethany
(Matthew 26.6-13; John 12.1-8)
3 (A) Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon, who once had leprosy,[a] when a woman came in with a very expensive bottle of sweet-smelling perfume.[b] After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head.
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John 12:3
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John 12:3
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3 (A) Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume[a] and poured it on Jesus' feet. She wiped them with her hair, and the sweet smell of the perfume filled the house.
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- 12.3 very expensive bottle of perfume: The Greek text has “expensive perfume made of pure spikenard,” a plant used to make perfume.
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