JMNT(i)
3 And during His being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, while His lying down [at a meal] was continuing on, a woman came with (having and continuing in holding) an alabaster [case, or, vase] of perfumed ointment which was a pure and unadulterated extract from the roots of the spikenard plant [note: native to India; may = lavender] – very expensive. Upon crushing the alabaster [vase; case], she poured [its contents] down upon His head.