Mark 14:3-9
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3aAnd while He was in bBethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster jar of perfume of very ccostly pure 1nard; and she broke the jar and poured it over His head. 4But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted? 5“For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred 1denarii and given to the poor.” And they were scolding her. 6But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She did a good work to Me. 7“For you always have athe poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me. 8“She has done what she could; ashe anointed My body beforehand for the burial. 9“And truly I say to you, awherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken of in memory of her.”