Bible verse
a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
Matthew 26:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 26.
3 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
5 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
9 This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
KJV
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].
ASV
there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
ERV
there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
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