13 occurrences

'Perfume' in the Bible

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on his head while he sat at the table.

Verse ConceptsHeadsOintmentTablesSacrificial GivingBoxesReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensive

Surely this perfume could've been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute."

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfExpensiveGiving To The Poor

When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesOintmentPerfumePreparation For Burial

While Jesus was in Bethany sitting at the table in the home of Simon the leper, a woman arrived with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHeadsHospitality, Examples OfMealsOintmentPerfumeA Broken WomanTablesWitnessing, Approaches ToRecreationHospitality Towards ChristBoxesBreaking ContainersReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensiveReceiving Jesus As A Guest

Irritated, some who were there asked one another, "Why was the perfume wasted like this?

Verse ConceptsFrugalityUnnamed People Angry With Others

This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfWagesFrugalityGiving To The Poor

She has done what she could. She poured perfume on my body in preparation for my burial.

Verse ConceptsAnointing With Oilequipping, physicalOintmentPerfumeBeforePreparation For BurialBurying places

There was a woman who was a notorious sinner in that city. When she learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's home, she took an alabaster jar of perfume

Verse ConceptsOintmentBoxesReclining To Eat

and knelt at his feet behind him. She was crying and began to wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet over and over again, anointing them constantly with the perfume.

Verse ConceptsKissing ChristAffection, ExpressingAnointing With OilHairsKissingPainWeepingMealsMoist ThingsPeople Drying Things UpClean FeetCare Of FeetOther References To HairOthers Mourning

You didn't anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume.

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilGuestsOintmentAnointed By PeopleCare Of FeetAnointing Oil

Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill.

Verse ConceptsHairsNot DyingOther References To Hairlazarus

Mary took a litron of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus' feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursFeetAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHairsPerfumeSmellsAdoration, Of ChristAdmirationAnointed By PeopleExpensiveOther References To HairPure ThingsWeights Of Other ThingsHair

"Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute?"

Verse ConceptsDenariusMoney, Uses OfOintmentWagesGiving To The PoorWorthValueFeeding The Poor

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