² There they had a dinner for Jesus. Martha served the food, and Lazarus was one of the people ·eating [^Lreclining; ^Cit was customary to eat formal meals while reclining around a low table] with Jesus. ³ [^LThen] Mary brought in a pint [^CGreek litra; about eleven ounces, weighing just under a pound] of very expensive ·perfume [ointment/fragrant oil] made from pure nard. She ·poured the perfume on [anointed; ^Cnot the word for royal or priestly anointing, but for hospitality or care] Jesus’ feet, and then she wiped his feet with her hair. And the ·sweet smell [fragrance] from the perfume filled the whole house.

⁴ Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ ·followers [disciples] who would later ·turn against [betray] him, was there. Judas said,