"Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with he…" — John 12:3

John 12:3 · KJV

“Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.”

— John 12:3

Verse 2

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

Verse 4

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, which should betray him,

John 12 — Context

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, which should betray him,

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

Cross References

Mark 14:3-9

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured {it} on his head. {spikenard: or, pure nard, or, liquid nard}

John 11:2

(It was {that} Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

Luke 10:38-39

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Luke 7:37-38

And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that {Jesus} sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

Matthew 26:6-13

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

John 11:32

Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

John 11:28

And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

Luke 7:46

My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.