Mark 14:3-8 When he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he reclined, there came a woman who had with her an alabaster vessel of perfume of pure nard, of good quality and very expensive; and she opened it, and poured it upon the head of Jesus.

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ When he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he reclined, there came a woman who had with her an alabaster vessel of perfume of pure nard, of good quality and very expensive; and she opened it, and poured it upon the head of Jesus. ⁴ But there were some men of the disciples who were displeased within themselves, and said, Why was this perfume wasted? ⁵ For it could have been sold for more than three hundred pennies and given to the poor. So they annoyed her. ⁶ Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work to me. ⁷ For you always have the poor with you, and when you wish, you can do good to them; but I am not always with you. ⁸ But this one has done it with what she had; she anointed my body in advance as for the burial.