Mark 14:3-8 And while Jesus was in Bethany Note: This was a small village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem, sitting at the dinner table in the house of Simon, the man with an infectious skin disease Note: This man had probably been healed by now, a woman with an alabaster i.e., stone jar of very expensive perfume came to Him, broke the jar and poured the perfume on His head.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And while Jesus was in Bethany [Note: This was a small village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem], sitting at the dinner table in the house of Simon, the man with an infectious skin disease [Note: This man had probably been healed by now], a woman with an alabaster [i.e., stone] jar of very expensive perfume came to Him, broke the jar and poured the perfume on His head. ⁴ But some [of the disciples. See Matt. 26:8] were upset among themselves, saying, “What is the reason for wasting this perfume? ⁵ It might have been sold for a large sum of money and the money given to poor people. [Note: The amount indicated here was equivalent to 300 days of a farm laborer’s pay, or over $20,000 in 1994]. And they complained about her [doing this]. ⁶ But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a kind deed to me. ⁷ You will always have poor people with you, and you can do something good for them whenever you want to, but you will not always have me with you. ⁸ She has done what she could. She has applied this aromatic oil to my body in anticipation of my burial.