Thematic Bible: Not sacred


Thematic Bible










And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while he was dining, a woman came with an alabaster vase of very costly, pure spikenard perfume, and, breaking the vase, she poured the perfume on his head. Some of those who were present said among themselves indignantly. "Why has the perfume been wasted like this? That perfume could have been sold for more than one hundred and fifty dollars, and given to the poor."

Then Mary took a pound of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over his feet, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Then said Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was about to betray him, "Why was not this perfume sold for fifty dollars, and the proceeds given to the poor?"

a woman came up to him who had an alabaster vase of very costly perfume, and poured it over his head, as he reclined at table. Verse ConceptsHeadsOintmentTablesSacrificial GivingBoxesReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensive