John 12:1-8
Mary Anoints Jesus
1 (A)Jesus, therefore, six days before (B)the Passover, came to (C)Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
2 So they made Him a supper there, and (D)Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
3 (E)Mary then took a (a)pound of very costly (F)perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But (G)Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to (b)betray Him, *said,
5 “Why was this perfume not sold for (c)three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”
6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he (H)had the money box, he used to pilfer (I)what was put into it.
7 Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep (d)it for (J)the day of My burial.
8 (K)For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”
Footnotes:
a.
John 12:3: ['I.e. a Roman pound, equaling 12 oz']
b.
John 12:4: ['Or ', hand Him over]
c.
John 12:5: ['Equivalent to 11 months’ wages']
d.
John 12:7: ['I.e. the custom of preparing the body for burial']