Mark 14:3-8 He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper. While he was dining a woman with an alabaster vase filled with costly perfume, of pure nard (spikenard), brake it open and poured it over his head.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper. While he was dining a woman with an alabaster vase filled with costly perfume, of pure nard (spikenard), brake it open and poured it over his head. ⁴ Some were very indignant over this. They asked, »What was the purpose of this waste of ointment? ⁵ »This ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii. And the money could have been given to the poor. They scolded her.« ⁶ Jesus said: »Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She did a good thing to me. ⁷ »You always have the poor with you and you can do them good. You do not always have me. ⁸ »She did what she could! She anointed my body beforehand for burying.