Mark 14:1-3

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The Jewish leaders want to kill Jesus

14 It was now two days before the Passover festival. It was the time when Jews eat flat bread which has no yeast in it.^[a] The leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law wanted to kill Jesus. But they wanted to take hold of him secretly. So they tried to decide how they could do that. ² They said to each other, ‘We do not want to do it during the festival. If we do that, the people will be angry. Then they may fight against us.’

A woman pours special oil on Jesus' head

³ Then Jesus went to Bethany, and he visited Simon at his house. At one time, Simon had had a bad disease of the skin. While Jesus was eating a meal there, a woman came into the house. She brought a small stone jar that contained expensive oil with a very nice smell. They used nard to make it. The woman broke the jar to open it. Then she poured the oil over Jesus' head.^[b]