16 Bible Verses about Ointment

And, returning, they prepared spices and perfumes; and, on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

there came to Him a woman having an alabaster cruse of very precious ointment, and poured it down upon His head, while reclining at table.

And, while He was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly; and, having broken the cruse, she was pouring it down on His bead.

And, behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and, learning that He was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster cruse of perfume;

But, when fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face,

My head with oil you did not anoint; but she anointed My feet with perfume.

For she, in pouring this ointment upon My body, did it with reference to My burial.

She did what she could: she anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

Jesus, therefore, said, "Suffer her to keep it for the day of My burial;

And, the sabbath having past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that, coming, they might anoint Him.

But, on the first day of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they prepared.

And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to Him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of Jews is to bury.

And the disciples, seeing it, were much displeased, saying, "To what purpose is this waste? For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor!"

But there were some who were much displeased among themselves, saying, "To what purpose has this waste of the ointment been made? For this ointment could have been sold for above three hundred denaries, and given to the poor!" And they were murmuring against her.

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

and, coming to him, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and, setting him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him.