Mark 14:3-5

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[3] While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. [4] But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted? [5] For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

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Places in this passage

Mark 14:3-5 mentions Bethany, Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Nazareth.

Photo of Bethany — Bethany · Naheel Abu Ghaith نهيل أبو غيث

Photo of Galilee — Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש

Photo of Gethsemane — Gethsemane · Mewasul

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13