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A few days before Jesus was crucified, he visited Lazarus hometown in Mk 14:
Both, Mary anointed both head and feet. Matthew/Mark described Mary pouring it on Jesus' head. John focused on the feet-wiping with her hair.
The woman was Mary, Lazarus' sister.3 While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
Parallel account in Mk 14:4 Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me. 7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me. 8 She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of my burial. 9 And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Both Mark and Matthew mentioned 'head'. But then, J 12:3 While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
1 Roman pound = 340 g3 Mary therefore took a pound
Did Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus' head or feet?of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Both, Mary anointed both head and feet. Matthew/Mark described Mary pouring it on Jesus' head. John focused on the feet-wiping with her hair.