John 12:1 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead).

¹⁷ Then he left them and went outside the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

⁶ Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table. ⁸ When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said; ⁹ "the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that." ¹⁰ But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me. ¹¹ The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

¹¹ Then he entered Jerusalem, entered the temple, and looked round at everything; but as it was late he went away with the twelve to Bethany.

³ Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head. ⁴ This angered some of those present. "What was the use of wasting perfume like this? ⁵ This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her. ⁶ But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷ The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me. ⁸ She has done all she could — she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

¹ Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany — the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

⁴⁴ Out came the dead man, his feet and hands swathed in bandages, and his face tied up with a towel. Jesus said, "Untie him, and let him move."

⁵⁵ Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.

²⁰ Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival;