14 nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,(A)
with all the trees of frankincense,(B)
myrrh and aloes,(C)
with all the best spices.

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14     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,(A)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh(B) and aloes(C)
    and all the finest spices.(D)

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The Anointing at Bethany

While(A) He was in Bethany(B) at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease,(C) as He was reclining at the table,(D) a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.(E)

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While he was in Bethany,(A) reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.(B)

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Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair.(A) So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

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Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume;(A) she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.(B) And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:3 Or about 0.5 liter