John 11:2
(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
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- John 12:3 : 3 Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair.(Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)
- Mark 14:3 : 3 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.
- Luke 7:37-38 : 37 Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.
- Matt 26:6-7 : 6 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.
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1The Death of Lazarus Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
- John 12:1-33 verses85%
1Jesus’ Anointing Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.
2So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.
3Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair.(Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)
- John 11:3-64 verses81%
3So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,“Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”
4When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)
6So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.
- Mark 14:3-64 verses79%
3Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.
4But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?
5It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
6But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
- Luke 7:37-393 verses79%
37Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.
38As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.
39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,“If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
- Luke 10:38-403 verses78%
38Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.
39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.
40But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”
- John 11:28-336 verses77%
28And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately,“The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
29So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
30(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)
31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.
- Luke 7:44-463 verses76%
44Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.
46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
- Matt 26:6-72 verses76%
6Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.
- John 11:17-215 verses76%
17Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.
18(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
19so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)
20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
21Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
- Mark 14:8-92 verses74%
8She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
9I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
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12When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
- Matt 26:9-102 verses72%
9It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
10When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
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7So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
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39Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”
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23Jesus replied,“Your brother will come back to life again.”
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5“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
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47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.
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11After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”
- John 11:43-442 verses70%
43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”
44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”
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17So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.
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42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
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1The Resurrection When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.