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.
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.