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Mark 14:3

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Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany

3And while* he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as* he was reclining for a meal, a woman came holding an alabaster flask of very costly perfumed oil of genuine nard. After* breaking the alabaster flask, she poured it* out on his head.

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  2. *Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was reclining for a meal”)
  3. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“breaking”) which is understood as temporal
  4. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

While he was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head.

NLTNew Living Translation

Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.