Mark 14:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.”
Mark 14:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Mark 14:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Mark 14:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar and poured it over his head.”
Mark 14:3 — World English Bible
Mark 14:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head. ”
Mark 14:3 — American Standard Version
Mark 14:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;”
Mark 14:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Mark 14:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head. ”
Mark 14:3 — Darby Translation
Mark 14:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when hee was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of oyntment of spikenarde, very costly, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.”
Mark 14:3 — Geneva Bible
Mark 14:3 in Context — Mark 14
1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
What Does Mark 14:3 Mean?
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